Stuffed Quail With White Wine Recipes

STUFFED QUAIL WITH WHITE WINE SAUCE (((VERY EASY)))

Steps:

• Wipe the quails with paper towel& season inside& out with salt& pepper.
• Combine the cooked rice, chopped apricots, ginger, grated orange rind& pine nuts& moisten with a little melted butter.
• Stuff the quails with the mixture& place them into a roasting pan.
• Brush the quails with melted butter.
• Roast in a preheated oven at 450 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.
• Reduce the heat to 300 degrees& roast for an additional 15 minutes, basting frequently with a mixture of wine (which should be reduced by 1/3), the orange juice& 4 tablespoons of melted butter.
• Remove the quails to a serving dish& keep warm.
• Taste the liquid in the roasting pan& adjust the seasonings, then pour the liquid over the quails.
• Pour warmed cognac over the quails& carefully ignite.
• Serve at once.

SHRIMP AND ANDOUILLE STUFFED QUAIL WITH SPICY WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Melt butter in a saute pan over medium heat and cook celery, onion, thyme and garlic until wilted. Toss in shrimp and cook for 3 minutes. Add sausage to the pan, then stock. Place bread cubes in a bowl and pour the shrimp mixture over. Stir to completely moisten the bread, then add the green onions, parsley, and season with salt, pepper, and hot sauce, to taste. Let stuffing cool and then divide into 8 portions. Wrap 1 quail around each portion, using toothpicks to secure the back. Rub each quail with a little butter and season with salt and pepper. Place quail on baking sheet (not too close together) and roast for 12 to 15 minutes until golden brown and firm, but not dry. To serve, place 2 quails on each of 4 dinner plates and spoon sauce over top.
• Place shallots, white wine, broth, and hot sauce in a small pot and bring to a boil. Cook until reduced to about 3 tablespoons and then whisk in butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Finish with a squeeze of lemon and a pinch of salt, if necessary. Spoon sauce over quail and serve.

BRAISED QUAIL WITH WHITE WINE

Steps:

• Wipe the quail dry with paper towels and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Using a frying pan that can go into the oven and on top of the stove (preferably cast iron) soften the shallot in the butter. Add shallots to a bowl with the mushrooms, breadcrumbs, parsley, tarragon, salt and pepper. Mix well and moisten with a little of the white wine. Stuff the mixture into the bird cavities.
• Heat the oil in the skillet. Add the stuffed quail, breast down and brown lightly. Add the remaining wine and the garlic cloves. Cover and bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Turn the quail breast up, turn up the heat to 400 and continue cooking for five to 10 minutes or until the quail are cooked.
• Remove the quail to a heated platter. Bring the sauce in the skillet to a boil over high heat and reduce by about a third. Remove the garlic cloves and season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour the sauce over the quail, sprinkle with almonds and serve.

QUAIL STUFFED WITH POMEGRANATE

Steps:

• Combine the wine, honey, mint and sage in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste. Peel the pomegranates and carefully remove the seeds by breaking the pomegranates into sections.
• Place the pomegranate seeds and the quails in the wine mixture. Let marinate in the refrigerator, 2 to 4 hours.
• Remove the quails from the marinade and pat dry. Drain the seeds out of the marinade. Reserve 1/3 cup of the seeds and stuff the quails with the rest. Reserve the marinade.
• Truss the quails and wrap each in two slices of pancetta.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• In a large ovenproof skillet, heat the lard or oil and quickly brown the quails. Place them in the oven and bake 6 to 8 minutes.
• Remove the quails from the oven and transfer them to a serving platter. Deglaze the pan with the reserved marinade over high heat, stir in the reserved pomegranate seeds, pour over the quails and serve.

BONELESS QUAIL STUFFED WITH POULTRY QUENELLE

Steps:

• Make the poultry mousse.
• Cut the chicken into small pieces, season well with salt and white pepper, and place in bowl of food processor fitted with a sharp blade.
• Process the chicken, scraping bowl down as necessary, until it is completely broken down into a homogenous paste, about 2 minutes.
• Add the egg white and blend to incorporate and loosen paste, about 30 seconds.
• With processor blade running, slowly pour in the heavy cream.
• Process until all of the cream is incorporated, the grain of the mousse is very fine, and the mousse is solid enough that a scoop of it will not fall off of a rubber scraper held in the air, about 2 minutes.
• Transfer to a bowl and fold in chives and 1 tablespoon of the parsley.
• Preheat oven to 375°F Stuff the body of each quail with some of the chicken mousse.
• Save remaining mousse for another use (make sure to cover it well with plastic wrap to lessen air exposure).
• Tie quail legs together with a piece of butcher's twine.
• Season quails with salt and freshly ground white pepper.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet set over medium-high heat.
• Working in two batches so as not to overcrowd the pan, brown quail on both sides, about 3-4 minutes per side.
• Transfer quail to a baking sheet (do not clean skillet) and place in oven. Cook until firm and done all the way through, 15-20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add mushrooms to skillet and cook, stirring frequently, until about three-quarters done, about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic, season with salt and white pepper, and finish cooking, about 3 minutes more.
• Mix in remaining tablespoon of chopped parsley, transfer to a bowl, and set aside.
• Add chicken broth and thyme leaves to skillet and boil until reduced by two-thirds, to about 1 cup in volume, about 15 minutes.
• Transfer reduced broth to a blender and add foie gras terrine and remaining 2 tablespoons butter.
• Blend until smooth and frothy.
• Service:.
• Remove butcher's twine from quail and discard.
• Divide mushrooms and quail among warm plates.
• Spoon foie gras sauce over quail and mushrooms.

STUFFED BONELESS QUAIL WITH WILD RICE AND SAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a roasting pan.
• Wash quail and rub the inside cavities with salt and 1 teaspoon of orange zest.
• In a medium saucepan bring vegetable broth and rice to a boil. Add the bay leaf and reduce heat to low; cover and simmer for 35 to 40 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Saute onions until translucent; add celery and sage and saute 2 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl. Stir in the egg white, remaining orange zest, walnuts, black pepper, cooked rice and parsley; mix well. Stuff the cavities of the quail with the rice mixture. Lightly season the skins with salt and cracked black pepper.
• Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until cooked through.
• Remove quail from pan and de glaze with the chicken broth. Strain and ladle over the quail.

SOUTHERN STUFFED QUAIL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven broiler.
• In a bowl, mix the pork, parsley, carrots, celery, garlic, bread crumbs, and pepper.
• Arrange the quail in a baking dish. Separate the skin from the breast of each quail, and stuff with equal amounts of the stuffing mixture. Brush with bacon drippings.
• Broil the quail 7 minutes on each side in the preheated oven, or to a minimum internal temperature of 180 degrees F (85 degrees C).

STUFFED QUAIL WITH CHEESE, HONEY AND SPECK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 Lay 3 slices of Speck on working surface next to one another and place another slice perpendicular to the others. Place the quail skin side down on the 3 slices. Season with salt and pepper. Place 1/4 of the cheese on top of the meat, parallel to the perpendicular slice. Roll the quail around the cheese from the breast towards the leg, forming a roulade. Fold the ends of the perpendicular slice of speck to seal the open ends of the roulade, then wrap the rest of the quail with the 3 slices of Speck. Repeat with the 3 remaining quail. Coat a baking pan with olive oil and place the quail, separating them. Bake for 15 minutes. When serving, drizzle with 1 tspn honey.