Queen's Choice Quail with Fig and Date Sauce

Name: Queen's Choice Quail with Fig and Date Sauce
Prep time: 3 h 55 min
Cook time: 3 h 55 min
Total time: 3 h 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 servings Freshly ground black pepper; 8 dates, chopped; 237 milliliters dry red wine; 8 fresh figs, chopped; 2 Tbsps minced fresh rosemary leaves; 2 Tbsps minced fresh thyme leaves; 2 fresh limes; 118 milliliters olive oil; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 8 whole quail (these are normally between 4 8 ounces each); 2 teaspoons salt; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 shallots, minced

Queen's Choice Quail with Fig and Date Sauce is a gluten free, dairy free, and primal main course. This recipe makes 4 servings with 2131 calories, 173g of protein, and 136g of fat each. This recipe covers 61% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours and 55 minutes. If you have olive oil, dates, quail, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

Early in the day, place the limes in s small bowl and microwave them for about 3 minutes to release the essential oils. Set aside briefly until they are just cool enough to handle. Rinse the quail and dry with paper towels. Set the quail in a non-reactive bowl and squeeze the lime juice over, and then season generously with freshly ground black pepper.

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Ground Black Pepper

Lime Juice

Lime

Quail

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Paper Towels

Microwave

Bowl

Let sit refrigerated for about 3 or 4 hours.

While the quail are marinating, make the sauce.

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Quail

Sauce

Heat the olive oil over medium high heat in a medium saute pan and saute the shallots until translucent. Deglaze the pan with the red wine, and stir in figs and dates and let sauce reduce by half. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper as needed.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Red Wine

Shallot

Dates

Sauce

Figs

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Frying Pan

On the episode, the quail were roasted over a spit. If you have a rotisserie arrangement you can roast them that way. Otherwise, preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

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Quail

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Oven