fenderbelly
16th May 2013, 12:39 PM
A local guy is/was selling off his surplus stock. They are dressed ( for dinner ). couldn't resist that :doh:
My lady friend and i decided we would buy some and invite our friends to dinner.
Sounded good, we bought 24 thinking they're not very big so three each and 6 to practise on.
Neither of us have cooked or even eaten quail before.
I searched the net and so we decided we would try two three different ways.
(1) rubbed with olive oil and a bit of salt and cooked in an oven bag. nothing else added in the way of herbs.
(2) coated in a mixture of mustard/ bread crumbs and egg with a spoon of chutney inside to help keep it moist
and roasted in an oven pan.
(3) I cut up each side of the backbone and removed it. Flattened it as best i could and and tried to crisp up the skin in
a hot fry pan then into the oven pan to roast.
all three ways ended up edible (relief ) but number 1 was definitely the most moist and tastiest.
So i have two questions.
(1) Has anyone cooked quail before and do you have tips/hints/recipes.
(2) would you invite friends to dinner to pick up and eat round the bones or how do you eat them.
After all there's not much to use a knife and fork on :U
My lady friend and i decided we would buy some and invite our friends to dinner.
Sounded good, we bought 24 thinking they're not very big so three each and 6 to practise on.
Neither of us have cooked or even eaten quail before.
I searched the net and so we decided we would try two three different ways.
(1) rubbed with olive oil and a bit of salt and cooked in an oven bag. nothing else added in the way of herbs.
(2) coated in a mixture of mustard/ bread crumbs and egg with a spoon of chutney inside to help keep it moist
and roasted in an oven pan.
(3) I cut up each side of the backbone and removed it. Flattened it as best i could and and tried to crisp up the skin in
a hot fry pan then into the oven pan to roast.
all three ways ended up edible (relief ) but number 1 was definitely the most moist and tastiest.
So i have two questions.
(1) Has anyone cooked quail before and do you have tips/hints/recipes.
(2) would you invite friends to dinner to pick up and eat round the bones or how do you eat them.
After all there's not much to use a knife and fork on :U