Quail, Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup
I think a classic pairing for Mushroom and Rice is Quail. When I was thinking about how I wanted to do my Mushroom and Rice soup recipe, I automatically thought of adding Quail. You'll see a few recipes on the site where I've paired all these ingredients together, in something like a stuffed meat pie or Quail Casserole. In fact, any time I think about making Quail, Mushrooms and Rice are two of the first things I think of, along with fruit and BACON!!! Bacon is a must, right! So that's the first thing I started this recipe with. I fried up a little crispy bacon to use as a garnish on top of my soup, while using the bacon grease to cook the vegetables. You don't want to overcook these Quail breast, because they'll become tough and chewy, so I waited to add them to my soup until the very end.
One of the best things about the Zuppa Toscana soup, is the broth. When I was trying to decide how I wanted to do this recipe, I knew I wanted to attempt to make the broth kind of the same way, by adding a little heavy cream at the end. The soup ended up tasting awesome, but I almost regret adding the heavy cream, if only for the way it changed the color of the soup. Before it was this beautiful, rich dark brown looking broth and adding the cream, just sort of melodied it out. Not that you eat with your eyes, right!!
About the Author : Jeff Davis
Visit authors website | View more articlesYou may think cooking and recipes don’t have much to do with a website dedicated to hunting dogs ... but really, why do we hunt? Sure, we enjoy watching our dogs work in the field and being outdoors, but ultimately, hunting is about survival and feeding our families. We might as well try to do it well. I'm not a chef and definitely no food authority ... but I do like to eat and enjoy cooking. After searching for people willing to share their recipes on Gundog Central, without much success, I decided to try to do a few on my own, with my wife Tami's help. The recipes I share here are things I like to eat and have made here at home. I've tried to include step-by-step instructions with each meal describing exactly how I did it, but my method may not be best, if you decide to try a recipe posted here, please use whatever technique you think works best, I'm simply sharing how I did it. You'll see a lot of recipes where I've tried to make things from starch, when I could have just used store bought ingredients, simply because I wanted to learn how something was done. My goal is to continually update these recipes as I learn new things and techniques. These are my attempts at creating good, home cooked food, that I would like to eat! If I'm sharing it here, my family and I enjoyed it and I believe you will too.
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