Bacon Wrapped Squab With Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

• 1 squab
• shortening
• flour
• hot water
• bacon strips
• sweet potatoes
• butter
• cinnamon
• brown sugar

Method

1. 1 Split the squab down the back, draw, wash, and remove the breast bone.
2. 2 Place in a baking pan, rub with shortening, dust lightly with flour, and bake in a hot oven (425°F) for 35 minutes, basting frequently with hot water.
3. 3 Transfer the squab to a hot plank. Cover with strips of bacon.
4. 4 Split sweet potatoes and place on each corner of the plank. Brush with butter, dust with cinnamon and brown sugar, and brown in a hot oven (425°F) for 12 minutes.