Wood pigeon bruschetta

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• Fruit and vegetables

  • 2 pears, peeled, cores removed, sliced widthways
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme leaves
  • 4 small handfuls baby watercress leaves

• Cooking ingredients

  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp demerara sugar
  • 2 tsp vegetable oil

• Dairy, eggs and chilled

  • 100g/3½oz butter

• Meat, fish and poultry

  • 4 pigeon breasts, skin removed
  • 1 tbsp smoked bacon lardons, fried until crisp and golden-brown

• Other

  • 4 thin slices baguette, grilled until crisp and golden-brown

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