Quail and Mushroom

SpotX Wild Foods Recipe from Mark Waters
Prep:20 minutes Cook:2 hours Difficulty:1

Ingrediants:

• 10 quail, split.
• 1½ cups long grain rice. uncooked.
• 1 clove garlic, minced.
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup.
• 4 cups water.
• 1 packet dried onion soup mix.

Directions:

• Position the bird breast side up on a cutting board.
• Insert a butcher knife, and cut along one side of the backbone.
• Place the blade on the other side of the backbone and cut again.
• Remove the backbone completely from the carcass.
• Press down on the bird to flatten it.
• Turn it over and trim away the rib bones.
• Place rice in bottom of a greased baking pan and place quail on top.
• Mix the garlic, soup and water together.
• Pour over the quail.
• Sprinkle the onion soup mix over the top of the soup.
• Cover pan with aluminium foil and bake 2 hours at 180°C.
• Uncover last 10 minutes to brown.