Cailles aux Petits pois à la Romaine (Quails with Green Peas, Roman Style)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Quails
- Butter
- 1 very small onion per quail
- 25 grammes ham per quail
- Green peas
Instructions
- Cook the quails in butter.
- At the same time, fry in butter one very small chopped onion and 25 grammes of chopped ham per quail.
- Add freshly shelled green peas.
- Cover hermetically and cook without any liquid.
- Time the peas to be ready at the same time as the quails.
- Serve peas and quails separately, each in a closed timbale, leaving the guest to mix the two.