Wild Game Recipes

Recipe: Cornbread Casserole with Dove

from: Grit Magazine

Ingredients:

  • 8 dove breasts
  • 1/2 cup chopped celery
  • 1/4 cup sliced green onion
  • 2 tablespoons snipped fresh parsley
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine
  • 3 cups corn bread stuffing mix
  • 1 cup upland game bird stock or chicken broth
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram leaves
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Instructions:

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a casserole dish.
  2. Saute celery, onion, and parsley in butter over medium heat until tender.
  3. Add remaining stuffing ingredients. Mix until moistened.
  4. Place half of stuffing mixture in prepared casserole. Arrange dove breasts over stuffing.
  5. Cover completely with remaining stuffing mixture.
  6. Bake, uncovered, until dove is cooked through and tender, about 1 hour.