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Pigeon with chorizo, peppers and feta cheese

Mediterranean flavours add a delicious twist to this pigeon recipe, which is both seasonal and simple to make

pigeon with chorizo

If you have a freezer full of pigeon or you’ve just bagged a few in the hide, put them to good use with this delicious Mediterranean take on pigeon. Serve the pigeon with chorizo, peppers and feta for a perfect summer’s evening quick meal.

What you need:

  • 2 pigeon breasts
  • 2 small chorizos
  • 1 jar pepperdew peppers
  • 2 tbsp orange juice
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 5 cubes feta cheese
  • salt and pepper
  • balsamic vinegar

How to cook:

  1. Put the chorizo and peppers in a pan. Then add 2tsp of juice from the pepper jar along with the orange juice and olive oil
  2. Heat until it thickens, then set aside
  3. Seaon the pigeon breasts. Pan-fry for two minutes each side and then rest for a couple of minutes
  4. Cube the feta chees and sprinkle with salt and pepper
  5. Place everything on the plate, putting the pigeon in the middle