Roasted Dove

EGC

Took my son on a dove shoot last weekend, and despite horrid shooting, we managed to bring home 11 birds. Don't ask how many shells that took!

Here's my son with a pair:



Picked and cleaned the birds. Placed six in a baking dish breast down, with salt, pepper, a pat o' butter, a few Tbs of water, and some celery.



My daughter. Never met a camera she didn't like:



Cooked indirect for 2.5 hours at 300. The metal bowl just has water in it to keep the moisture level up:



Finished:



Tender and moist results.

vidalia1

EGC,

That recipe looks great. We got 19 last week...I may have to give your technique a try...I am going to cook a few breast with a raspberry chipotle sauce wrapped in bacon and also grill a few breasts then shred them and put the meat in ABT's...I will let you know how it goes...

Do you ever brine Dove breasts??? I have not but was thinking about it this time...

EGC

I've never brined a dove, but what could it hurt? It would only take a few hours, too. I have 7 more birds that I was going to wrap in bacon and grill. I think I'll brine and see what happens. I will post the results.

Hoss

Looks Yummy.I never tried picking them.I love to see people take their kids hunting.Cudos to you!

rsmdale

Good job on the doves,we had easy limits here in Socal.I did ours as ABT's and they were great.


GOOD EATS AND GOOD FRIENDS

DALE

Rolling Egg

I would love to have some dove. Its's been probably 10 years since my last hunt. I really don't have any excuses. I sit on my back patio last Saturday and listened to al the shots.