Roast Quail with Sage

Quaglie Arrosto con Salvia

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Leaves from The Walnut Tree: Cooking of a Lifetime

By Ann Taruschio and Franco Taruschio

Published 1993

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Ingredients

  • 8 plump quails
  • 100 g/ oz butter
  • 8

Method

Salt and pepper the quails, stuff each one with a sprig of sage and put a little butter inside each cavity. Spread the rest of the butter on the breasts and legs of the birds. Wrap the streaky bacon around each bird making sure the thighs of the bird are covered. Place the quails in a roasting tin an