Quail with Rice

Origin: Florence, Italy

Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Make a battuto of prosciutto and a quarter onion; cook it in butter until the onion colours.
  2. Add the whole cleaned quail, season with salt and pepper, and brown them.
  3. Bring the quail halfway to done with broth, then add the rice and cook with more broth as needed.
  4. Finish with parmesan and serve, soupy or dry, with the quail. Serves four.

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