Deviled Quail Eggs with Black Caviar

Here is another Quail egg recipe i found on the net. I hope you enjoy it as it looks delicious

Deviled Quail Eggs with Black Caviar

This hors d'oeuvre, excerpted from the Chanterelle cookbook, is an elegant take on an American classic. Don't worry: You don't have to peel enough tiny quail eggs to make the filling, which uses larger chicken eggs. You can find quail eggs at some gourmet markets or order them from D'Artagnan.Serves four to six as an hors d'oeuvre

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Kosher salt
2 large chicken eggs
12 quail eggs
2 Tbs. mayonnaise
1/2 tsp. Dijon mustard
1/8 tsp. finely grated lemon zest
1 Tbs. American black caviar, such as paddlefish or hackleback

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Bring a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan of generously salted water to a boil. Fill a large bowl halfway with ice water.

Carefully add the chicken eggs to the boiling water and cook until hard-cooked, about 11 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer them to the ice bath to cool. Carefully add the quail eggs to the boiling water and cook for 1-1/2 minutes. Remove to the ice bath to chill.

Once cooled, carefully peel the eggs and cut each in half lengthwise. Remove the yolks from the egg halves and transfer them to a food processor fitted with a steel blade, reserving the whites of the quail eggs and discarding the whites of the chicken eggs (or saving them for another use). Add the mayonnaise, mustard, and lemon zest, and process the mixture to a fine paste. Season carefully to taste with salt, bearing in mind that the quail eggs will be topped with caviar.

Transfer the deviled yolks to a pastry bag fitted with a small star tip and pipe the filling into the quail egg white halves. Top each with a scant amount of caviar and transfer to a platter before serving.

Make Ahead Tips

The eggs can be made up to 1 hour ahead of time, covered loosely with plastic wrap, and refrigerated. Serve cold.

photo: Maria Robledo

From Book Chanterelle, pp. 43

Quail eggs wow. They may be little, but they are very tasty. Having grown Quail now for some time and have seen what amount the quail hen can produce made me think of writing this blog. You can see and find out how to grow quail here: http://www.squidoo.com/growingquail

With food been such an important part in our lives, i love to share with you some quail egg recipes i have found on the internet.

This recipe is a salad and looks really delicious.

Here is the link to where I found this appetizing recipe

http://farmingfriends.com/quail-egg-salad/

Ingredients

• 6 hard boiled quail eggs.
• 1 or 2 tomatoes.
• Chopped lettuce.
• 1 piece of bread toasted and cut into squares.

To make the sweet and sour dressing.

• 2 and a half table spoons of virgin olive oil.
• 1 clove of garlic chopped up.
• Half a table spoon of caster sugar.
• 1 and a half tablespoons of white wine vinegar.
• 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.

Method

1. Hard Boil the quail eggs for 3 minutes and allow to cool before peeling the shell off.
2. Chop up the lettuce and tomato and place in the salad bowl.
3. Cut the quail eggs in half and place in the salad bowl.
4. Toast the bread and then cut into small squares like croutons.
5. Chop the garlic.
6. Mix the virgin olive oil, white wine vinegar, lemon juice and caster sugar with the garlic.
7. Warm lightly in a pan and then drizzle over the salad.

This salad was served with grilled salmon and homemade chips.

This quail egg salad would make a great starter or a tasty accompaniment to a main meal.

I hope you enjoy this nice salad and I'll add more recipes as I have time to do so.