Recipes

Apple Quail

Wild Game 

• 1/4 c flour
• 1/2 tsp salt, or to taste
• 1/8 tsp paprika
• 6 quail, breasts and legs
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 1/4 c chopped sweet onion
• 1 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
• 1/4 tsp dried thyme (or 1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme)
• 1 c apple juice

1 Mix flour salt and paprika; lightly flour quail pieces.

2 Melt butter in heavy frying pan and brown quail.

3 Push quail to one side of pan.

4 Add onion and saute until tender (add 1 tablespoon more butter if needed to saute onion).

5 Add parsley, thyme and apple juice.

6 Stir to mix well and spoon juice over quail while bringing all to a boil.

7 Reduce heat, cover and simmer until quail are tender (about one hour).

8 Serve quail on a bed of rice with sauteed apples on the side.

Tip: To saute` apples: Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a skillet, add 2 cooking apples (cored and cut into wedges), and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons sugar (more or less) depending on how sweet the apples are). Cook, turning often, until apples are lightly browned. Garnish apples with a light sprinkling of cinnamon sugar.

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