Mjólkursoðinn lundi - Puffin in milk sauce

==Description==
Mjólkursoðinn lundi - Puffin in milk sauce
I don't care much for puffin and other sea-birds as food, but many people love them and eat them whenever they can. This recipe resembles the recipe for rock ptarmigan, in that the birds are cooked in milk. 
===Ingredients===
* 4 ea. puffins
* 50 g smoked Bacon 
* 50 g butter 
* 300 ml milk 
* 300 ml water 
* to taste salt 
The sauce: 
* 30 g butter 
* 4 tblsp flour 
* 400-500 ml cooking liquid 
* to taste salt and pepper 
* as needed caramel/sauce colouring 
* to taste redcurrant jelly (optional) 
* to taste whipped cream 
===Directions===
Puffins should be skinned or carefully plucked and singed. Remove the innards and discard. You can use the breasts alone, or cook the whole birds. Wash well in cold water and rub with salt, inside and out. If you are using whole birds, truss them. Draw strips of Bacon through the breasts. Brown the birds on all sides, and stuff the birds tightly into a cooking pot. Heat the milk and water and pour over the puffins. Bring to the boil and cook on low for 1-2 hours (test the birds for softness). Turn the birds occasionally. Remove from the cooking liquid and keep warm while you prepare the sauce.
Prepare the sauce:
Melt the butter and stir the flour into it like you were making white sauce. Strain the cooking liquid and gradually add to the butter/flour mixture. Add colouring and spices to taste, and redcurrant jelly/cream, if using. 
Serve with boiled and/or caramelized potatoes and lightly boiled vegetables, like carrots, Peas and Brussels sprouts. 
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==See also==
Category: Icelandic Meat DishesCategory:Meat DishesCategory:Recipes
Category:Icelandic Recipes
category:Brussels sprouts Recipes
category:ultra-pasteurized cream Recipes
category:Potato Recipes
category:carrot Recipes
category:butter Recipes
category:pepper Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:flour Recipes
category:cream Recipes
category:Bacon Recipes
category:salt Recipes
category:milk Recipes
category:Fresh Peas Recipes