Name: Smoked Doves with Guajillo Sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 120 min
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 16 to 20 doves, quail, snipe or sora rails, or 8 pigeons or teal; 1/2 cup kosher salt ((I use Diamond Crystal)); 2 quarts water; 1 teaspoon Instacure No. 1 ((optional)); 8 dried guajillo peppers, (stems and seeds removed); 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 1 small white onion, (quartered); 5 cloves garlic, unpeeled; 1 teaspoon dried Mexican oregano; 1/4 teaspoon allspice; 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander; 2 to 6 hot chiles, such as arbol; Salt and lime juice to taste