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Roasted quail with wild mushrooms, kale, fondant potatoes and a tarragon and Madeira sauce
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Roasted quail with wild mushrooms, kale, fondant potatoes and a tarragon and Madeira sauce

20 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 2 openrecipes

A rather impressive, yet not so difficult, dinner for two. Quail is strongly flavoured, rather like duck, but low in fat like chicken and quick to cook.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1135
Calories
78g
Protein
51g
Fat
98g
Carbs

Counts 17 of 18 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 17 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Banana 1 medium (118g) 105
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Parsnip 1/2 cup (78g) 55
Broccoli 1 cup chopped (156g) 55
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Quail not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 large potatoes
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 300ml/10½fl oz chicken stock
  • 1 garlic
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 50g/1¾oz butter
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 quail
  • 50g/1¾oz unsalted butter
  • 50g/1¾oz unsalted butter
  • 200g/7oz wild mushrooms
  • ½ head kale
  • 50g/1¾oz butter
  • 1 banana shallot
  • 110ml/4fl oz Madeira
  • 175ml/6fl oz beef stock
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp tarragon
  • 200g/7oz parsnip or cauliflower purée
  • 2 soft-boiled quails' eggs

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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