Stuffed Partridges

Description

In Romanian: Potirnichi umplute

Ingredients

• 6 partridges
• 1 onion
• 4 oz / 100 g fresh bacon
• 2 crustless slices of white bread soaked in milk
• 1 egg
• gizzards from 4 partridges
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon lard
• ground pepper and juniper berries
• salt
• chopped parsley

Directions

1. Wash and salt the partridges.
2. Let them sit until you prepare the following stuffing.
3. Chop the gizzards and saute in a tablespoon of lard, with the finely chopped onion.
4. Remove from heat, add the cubed bacon, bread, salt, pepper, parsley and mix everything well with an egg.
5. Stuff the partridges with this stuffing and then fry in a pan with a tablespoon of butter, until golden-brown.
6. Add 2 – 3 tablespoons of water, cover and simmer at low heat until done.
7. Keep turning them and add a little water from time to time, as needed.