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This Quail Sauce works with any pasta, but I prefer to team it with broad home made Pappardelle Pasta (Recipe for Pappardelle on a later occasion).
Quail Sauce
8 Quails butterflied
6 Tablespoon Olive Oil
30 g Butter
4 Cloves Garlic finely sliced
2 Medium Onions sliced
1 Red Sweet Pepper/ Pepperoni seeds removed and sliced in strips
2 Small Carrots diced
Half a fresh Chilli finely sliced
4 Cups Quail or Chicken Stock
1 Fresh Tomato chopped
Salt
Pepper
2 Glasses Good Red Wine (One for the Chef and one for the dish)
Home made Papardelle (Enough for four people – about 300g of flour and 3 eggs)
Put the olive oil, butter, garlic and onion in a large casserole pot and saute over medium heat until soft. Turn up the heat, ad the Quails and brown on all sides. Ad the wine (one glass only) and let it simmer until the wine has evaporated. Turn down the heat, ad the carrots, pepperoni and chilli and baste, adding stock to keep it moist in the partially covered the pot. Adjust for Salt and Pepper. When the meat is soft and comes away from the bones, which may take up to an hour, remove the quails from the pot and remove the flesh from the bones. If the sauce in the pot is too runny reduce it over medium heat until the right consistency – if too dry ad some stock. Add the deboned Quail back to the sauce and heat through well. In the mean time cook the Papardelle and just before ready ad the chopped tomato to the sauce and stir through well. Now drain and ad the Pappardelle to the sauce pot, stir and heat through – serve immediately.
We chose the perfect Dunedin day for blueberry picking. Warm, sunny , light breeze, AND we had the orchard to ourselves! To pick the fattest, blackest berry one has to focus, there is no time to worry about anything else. The only rule for the little ones is ‘do not eat from the bucket before we have paid’ . We did suggest that the owners weigh the one year old before and after to calculate how much he ate, knowing that he would park himself under a bush and stuff berries into his mouth as fast as he can.
The address is: 133/B Martin Road, Fairfield. Price $12 per kilo (bring your own bucket, hat, sunscreen and sturdy shoes). Open Sat 1pm – 5pm and Sun 9am to 5pm or call 0272486166 to arrange other times during the week.
The entrance to the farm is from a suburban street, with a driveway entrance that looks like any other driveway in the neighbourhood. One passes a house in progress, past a lovely pond and garden to where the blueberry bushes are.
If you have Sage, Strawberries, Cape Gooseberries and Zucchini !
Kimberley Burton from Goodlife Gardens at the Stadium Markets selling plants for the garden and veggie patch
I had a good day at the markets, sold out of quail eggs fairly early and also sold some quail breeding groups. As usual the stall holders had a chat and I received some information, and permission to blog, about some of them. I am blogging about the markets to bring the Stadium Market on Sunday to the attention of Dunedinites who need the diversity of this market, and the Sunday Market needs their support . There is a bit of everything available on Sundays and the atmosphere is totally different from other markets around. There are lots of good stalls as well as great food, so it is possible to get a snack or more while observing the wares. Undercover stalls (all weather) and ample parking makes this a pleasurable Sunday excursion. Please note that I have no official connection to the market management, and am a mere stallholder supporting something worthwhile.
Growing food in the back yard or open urban spaces is something I feel strongly about. Creating awareness of the possibilities of having sustainable back yards is also a passion of Kimberley from Goodlife Gardens. She is tertiary qualified ( Horticulture, Permaculture, Organics, and Sustainable Living at Otago Polytechnic) and says: ‘ Whilst I currently stock a lot of flowering annuals and perennials, the plan is to have for sale a variety of healthy seasonal fruit and vege plants grown in local climate and cared for as if they were to feed my own family. Container planting and companion planting is something I am passionate about – it opens up opportunities for people to grow for themselves in areas not conducive to in-ground gardening (such as student flats and apartments) ‘. The stall is well stocked and neatly set up, and a pleasure to browse through.
Another local, Evansdale Cheese has a regular stall at the Stadium Markets. The factory is located just outside Dunedin at Hawksbury, and their hand crafted cheeses are well known in Dunedin. I brought a bit blue cheese home, had some for lunch and it was delicious! Have a look at Evansdale Cheese and come over next Sunday to sample some of the best cheeses around.
An interesting stall that was worth visiting, but not local, who was just passing through, was Quality Knives. They stock the Swiss Victorinox range. I spent some time slavering over the big carving knives. I coveted the boning knife as well but since I own too many knives, purchased at such occasions, I managed to practice restraint for once.
There are many more stalls to go, looking forward to next Sunday!
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