Baked quail with mushrooms is a delectable dish that combines the rich flavor of quail with the earthy taste of mushrooms. This dish is perfect for a special occasion or a romantic dinner. With its tender meat and savory sauce, baked quail with mushrooms is sure to impress your guests. The key to making this dish is to use fresh, high-quality ingredients. Quail should be plump and have a light pink color. Mushrooms should be firm and have a slightly earthy smell. When cooked properly, baked quail with mushrooms is a dish that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you wanting more.
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BAKED QUAIL
This is the essential game-bird hunter's recipe. If you've never had quail, they are very mild white meat, all breast, really. In any case, this is a tasty recipe that easily deals with a good brace of birds. You could use this recipe for 2 or 3 (thawed) Cornish Game hens if you increase the baking time to 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Provided by Bone Man
Categories Quail
Time 1h20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Pre-heat the oven to 325-degrees F.
- If the quail have been shot in the wild, inspect them all for lead shot, removing any shot with tweezers or the point of a paring knife.
- Lightly rub all the quail, inside and out with the seasoned salt.
- In a large skillet, over medium heat, melt the butter and saute the mushrooms, bread crumbs, and table salt until the mushrooms tenderize a bit. Stuff the quail with this mixture.
- Using the same skillet, make a roux by pouring in the olive oil and browning the flour in it. Then, add the chicken stock, scallions, red pepper, and parsley to the roux and saute the mix for about 5 minutes, until the onions are tender.
- Next, spray a baking pan or large casserole dish with cooking spray and place the stuffed quail in it. Pour the sauce over the quail.
- Baked, uncovered, at 325-degrees F. for 45 minutes, basting 2 or 3 times during the baking process.
- Serve two quail to a person and garnish each plate with two orange slices. Serve cooked white rice as a side dish.
MUSHROOM-STUFFED QUAIL
Provided by Emeril Lagasse
Categories main-dish
Time 2h25m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 27
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Lay the quail skin side down on a baking sheet and season lightly with 1 tablespoon of the Creole seasoning. Insert 1 portion of the mushroom stuffing into the cavity of each quail and wrap the bird around it. Replace each bird on the baking sheet, breast side up. Brush the butter over the quails and season with the remaining tablespoon of Creole seasoning.
- Roast until the birds are tender and golden brown, 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and serve 2 quails per person. Serve with Truffle Sauce.
- Heat the oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shallots and garlic, and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add the mushrooms, salt, and pepper, and cook, stirring, until the mushrooms are wilted and begin to caramelize. Add the wine and cook, stirring to deglaze the pan and until the liquid has almost all evaporated, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and transfer the mushrooms to the bowl of a food processor. Add the cheese, bread crumbs, parsley, basil, and oregano, and process on high speed to a thick paste.
- Transfer to a bowl and divide into 8 equal portions. With your hands, pack each portion into a tight ball. Set aside until ready to stuff the quail.
- In a mixing bowl, mix the butter and truffle oil together. Place the butter on plastic wrap, form a log and wrap tightly. Refrigerate until firm. In a saucepan, combine the white wine, shallots and garlic. Season with salt and white pepper. Bring the liquid to a boil and cook for 3 minutes. Stir in the cream and cook for 1 minute. Cut the butter into 1-inch pieces. Reduce the heat to medium-low and whisk in the butter, 1 piece at a time. Reduce the heat to low and keep the sauce warm. Garnish with shaved truffles and chives.
ROASTED QUAIL WITH WILD MUSHROOMS
Provided by Anne Stiles Quatrano
Categories Food Processor Mushroom Poultry Sauté Dinner Quail Fall Sugar Conscious Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- To clean the mushrooms, wash in a bowl of cold water, gently tossing so as not to bruise them. Repeat 2 times. Using a paring knife, trim the ends and scrape the stems, removing the outer layer. Let dry thoroughly on paper towels at room temperature or uncovered in your refrigerator-this could take up to a couple of hours and can be done the day before.
- In a large sauté pan over high heat, heat the 1 teaspoon oil. Add the mushrooms and cook until browned. Reduce the heat to medium and add the port, scraping up any brown bits on the bottom. Reduce until the liquid is a syrupy consistency, about 10 minutes.
- In a food processor fitted with a steel blade, puree the chicken cubes and livers; slowly add the egg whites, then the cream. Mix until thoroughly combined. Pass the poultry puree through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl. Roughly chop the cooled mushrooms and add (with any residual juice) to the bowl with the poultry puree.
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Season the quail inside and out with salt.
- Scoop the poultry puree into a pastry piping bag fitted with a 1/2-inch round tip or a large plastic storage bag with one 1/2-inch corner snipped. Pipe puree into each quail body and tie the legs together with butcher's twine.
- Heat a large cast-iron or heavy-bottomed ovenproof sauté pan over medium heat. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil and brown the quail on all sides. You may need to work in batches. Transfer the pan to the oven (use two pans or transfer to a large roasting pan if necessary) and roast the quail for 30 minutes, or until a meat thermometer inserted in the center of the quail registers 155°F. Let rest in the pan for 5 minutes before serving.
QUAIL IN MUSHROOM GRAVY
We live in an area with many Southern plantations, and quail are abundant. I cook this tasty dish with rich mushroom gravy often when my two boys are home. They think it makes a great meal. -Jean Williams, Hurtsboro, Alabama
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 1h5m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Combine 1/2 cup flour, salt and pepper; coat each quail. Melt butter in skillet; brown the quail. Transfer to an ungreased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. In the pan drippings, saute the mushrooms until tender. Add remaining flour and stir to make a smooth paste. Add broth and thyme, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil; boil for 1 minute or until thickened. Pour over the quail. Cover and bake at 350° for 40-50 minutes or until tender and juices run clear. Serve over noodles if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 249 calories, Fat 18g fat (10g saturated fat), Cholesterol 58mg cholesterol, Sodium 871mg sodium, Carbohydrate 14g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 8g protein.
BRAISED QUAILS WITH WILD MUSHROOMS
Steps:
- Season the quails with salt, and pepper. Melt half the butter with a drop of oil in a heavy casserole, and brown the quails on all sides over medium-high heat. Cook's Note: you could also use lard. Remove the quail from the pan, and set aside. Add the bacon to the pan, brown it, and remove. Finally, fry the onion until golden, adding more fat to the pan beforehand, if needed.
- Stir the flour into the onions, and cook 1 minute. Deglaze the pan with the wine, stirring up the good bits on the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Return the onions, bacon and quails to the pot. Pour over the stock, cover, and simmer until the quails are just cooked through, about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the remaining butter (a little more if you like) and cook each type of mushroom separate, as the various types cook differently. Season the mushrooms with salt and pepper as you go, then, at the end, toss them all together with the chopped parsley.
- When the quails are done, remove them from the cooking liquid and keep them warm while you boil the juices, uncovered, to reduce to thin sauce consistency. Add the mushrooms to the sauce. Tilt into a serving dish, set the quails on top, and serve.
BAKED QUAIL WITH MUSHROOMS
Make and share this Baked Quail With Mushrooms recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ratherbeswimmin
Categories < 4 Hours
Time 2h30m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Combine 1/3 cup flour, salt, and pepper; dredge quail in flour mixture; set aside.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a big skillet; add in mushrooms and saute 4 minutes.
- Remove mushrooms from skillet; set aside.
- Melt ½ cup butter in skillet; brown quail on both sides.
- Remove quail to a 1 ½ quart casserole.
- Add ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon flour to pan drippings; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Gradually add in chicken broth and sherry; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until gravy is thickened and bubbly; stir in mushrooms.
- Pour mushroom gravy over quail; cover and bake in a preheated 350° oven for 1 hour.
- Serve over rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 532.1, Fat 33, SaturatedFat 16, Cholesterol 133.7, Sodium 843.1, Carbohydrate 14.6, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 1.7, Protein 25.9
BREAST OF QUAIL WITH WILD MUSHROOMS
Provided by Moira Hodgson
Categories dinner, main course
Time 50m
Yield 2 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Remove legs and thighs from quail. Reserve the breast on the carcass for roasting later. Brown the legs and thighs in the butter.
- Pour off the cooking fat and add an ounce of dry vermouth, veal and chicken stock. Reduce for five minutes or until the consistency is thick and syrupy.
- Strain the sauce. Pour half the sauce into a saucepan and add the boiled cream. Reserve remaining sauce.
- Dice the mushrooms. Melt the remaining butter in a saucepan and saute the mushrooms with the shallots. Add the remaining ounce of vermouth and the heavy cream. Bring to a boil. Add half the chopped chives and set aside.
- Roast the quail laying the breast side down and cook for five minutes on each side, turning once. Remove from oven and when cool enough to handle, bone the breasts.
- Place the bottom halves of the puff pastry rectangles in the center of two dinner plates. Spoon the mushroom mixture on top. Arrange the four quail breast around to form four corners of a square. Carefully pour the two sauces (one light, one dark) around to form a pattern, without mixing the sauces together.
- Arrange the quail eggs on the dark sauce and garnish the light sauce with the beans, remaining chives and diced tomatoes. Put the caps of puff pastry on top of the mushroom mixture and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 1152, UnsaturatedFat 40 grams, Carbohydrate 28 grams, Fat 87 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 58 grams, SaturatedFat 39 grams, Sodium 707 milligrams, Sugar 8 grams, TransFat 0 grams
QUAIL WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE
"This golden quail is so moist and tender," remarks Joelann Sygo of Gaylord, Michigan. "The rich cream sauce, dotted with onions and mushrooms, complements the bird nicely."
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a large skillet, saute mushrooms and onion in 2 tablespoons butter. Remove and set aside. In the same skillet, melt remaining butter; saute quail over medium heat for 8 minutes on each side or until juices run clear., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, heat and stir cream cheese and milk over low heat until smooth. Stir in sauteed mushrooms and onion. Sprinkle bread crumbs over both sides of quail; serve with mushroom sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 392 calories, Fat 24g fat (13g saturated fat), Cholesterol 122mg cholesterol, Sodium 367mg sodium, Carbohydrate 14g carbohydrate (3g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 31g protein.
Tips:
- For the best flavor, choose fresh quails that are plump and have a light, gamey smell.
- Quail can be cooked whole or spatchcocked (butterflied). Spatchcocking the quail will help them cook more evenly.
- Season the quail generously with salt and pepper, both inside and out.
- Adding vegetables like carrots, celery, and onions to the roasting pan will help to create a flavorful pan sauce.
- Be careful not to overcook the quail, as they can dry out quickly. Cook them until they reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Let the quail rest for a few minutes before carving to allow the juices to redistribute.
Conclusion:
Baked quail with mushrooms is a delicious and elegant dish that is perfect for a special occasion. The quail are roasted until tender and juicy, and the mushrooms add a rich and earthy flavor. Serve the quail with your favorite sides, such as roasted vegetables, mashed potatoes, or rice.
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