Roasted
Quail Salad Stuffed with Foie Gras
By Chef Roland Passot,
La Folie Restaurant, San Francisco, CA
Ingredients:
6 Boneless Quails
1 Fode Gras - Grade A, (room temp.)
TT Salt
TT Pepper
6 - 8 Whole Garlic Cloves
3/4 lb. Mushrooms: Morels, Chanterelles, Shiitake, Clam
Shells, Cinnamon Cap, Blue Oyster, Porcini or any other
mushrooms available.
1 tbls. Butter
Crushed Garlic (cooked)
Chives (finely minced)
6 Quail Eggs
White Wine
Veal Stock
Thyme
Mixed Salad
Hazel Nut Oil Vinaigrette
1 tbls. Clarified Butter or Olive Oil
Procedure:
Remove the wing and thigh bones from quail. Check the
breast for cartilage. Set aside. Cut foie gras one inch
thick by 2 inch (6 pieces). Season with salt and pepper.
Stuff the quail with foie gras. Season with salt and
pepper.
In
2 medium sauté pans over medium heat. Start roasting
quails, breast side down in clarified butter (or olive
oil). Then roast all the sides. Add the garlic cloves.
Put in oven at 450 degrees about 7 to 8 minutes. Remove
from oven and set aside. Crush whole cooked garlic with
fork or spoon. Degrease pan and deglaze with white wine.
Add stock and reduce to half. Add fresh thyme. Reserve.
In
sauté pan over medium high heat, melt fresh butter.
Add mushrooms. Sauté for about 3 to 4 minutes.
Mix well. add salt/pepper, fresh garlic and chopped
chives (last). Poach quail eggs in non-stick pan with
2 tablespoons of water and 1 tablespoon of butter. Salt/pepper
to taste, set aside.
Presentation:
Cut quails in half. Sear each half in a pre-heated pan
until golden brown. Put on a plate with a small mix
salad with hazelnut vinaigrette at 12 O'Clock. Put quails
in front. Sauce. then add mushrooms. Put a poached quail
egg on top of salad.
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