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Escargot and sweet potato stuffed quail with black garlic purée
Little quail stuffed with sweet potato and garlic-butter escargot, roasted golden and set on a silky caramelized onion and black garlic purée with quick-pickled lotus root.
- Time
- 90min
- Steps
- 6
Ingredients
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Contains milk and molluscs.
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Method
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1
Pickle: bring the vinegar, water, sugar, salt and mustard seeds to a boil with the beet slice. Pour over the lotus root and leave 30 minutes.
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2
Purée: cook the onion in the oil with both garlics and thyme until soft and caramelized, 20 minutes. Add the stock, scrape the pan, remove the thyme stems and blend until smooth. Season.
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3
Halve the escargot. Mix with the chopped sweet potato, diced black garlic, parsley and 2 tbsp of the garlic butter.
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4
Heat the oven to 220°C (425°F). Stuff each quail, tie the legs and season. Brush with the remaining garlic butter.
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5
Roast 12-15 minutes until golden and just cooked.
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6
Spread purée on plates, add the quail and finish with pickled lotus root and herb salad.