Quaglie Arrosto

Name: Quaglie Arrosto (Roasted quail)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: flour to dust; 8 quail, cleaned and oven-ready; freshly grated nutmeg; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 100 ml dry Vernaccia or other dry white wine; 50 g butter; 50 ml olive oil; 1 rosemary sprig; 6 sage leaves; 100 ml dry Vernaccia or other dry white wine; 100 ml chicken stock

Roasted quail

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Antonio Carluccio's Italia

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2005

About

Sardinians are fine hunters and birds of all kinds and sizes are traditionally cooked either at home in the oven or outdoors on a spit. Quail is now a protected bird, so you will need to use farmed quail for this very easy recipe.

Ingredients

8 quail, cleaned and oven-ready
flour to dust
50 g butter
50 <

Europe
Italy
Main course
Mediterranean
Sardinia

Method

Heat the oven to 190°C/Gas 5. Dust the quail with flour. Heat the butter and olive oil in a heavy-based pan and brown the quail for about 30 seconds on each side. Transfer to a roasting pan. Add the onion to the frying pan and fry, stirring, over a medium heat until softened, then add