Quail

Caille

What it is

The Israelites in Exodus are fed on quail driven in by the wind, which matches the real thing — migrating quail cross the Mediterranean in exhausted flocks and drop on the far shore in numbers. Egypt has netted them that way for millennia.

In the kitchen

Spatchcock it and cook it fast and hot. A whole quail roasted slowly is dry breast and raw thigh at the same moment.

Goes with

Grape Thyme Lard Fig Honey Juniper berry Sage Hazelnut

Also used with

Pochas

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