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Grilled squab & pears

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Ingredients:
Stephen Ceideburg
8 Squabs (about 1 pound each)
1/4 cupOlive oil
Salt and freshly ground
-black pepper to taste
4 medPears, halved
Procedures:
1Prepare a very hot barbecue fire, or at the broiler to 550 °F.
2cut each squab in half; brush halves with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
3Grill skin side down for 1 ?to 2 minutes, or until skin is crisp but meat is still tender and juicy.
4Turn squabs and grill 30 seconds longer.
5When birds are ready to turn, place pear halves on grill (or under the broiler) and heat through, turning once.
6these birds are wonderful served on a bed of napa cabbage sauteed with bacon, sliced onions and red wine vinegar.
7Per serving: 980 calories, 55 g protein, 13 g carbohydrate, 78 g fat (26 g saturated), 398 mg cholesterol, 159 mg sodium, 2 g fiber.
8from larry vito, executive chef, stanford court.
9heidy haughy cusik writing in the san francisco chronicle, 12/18/91.