I have free range guinea fowl who tend to lay their eggs from the end of March/ beginning of April til September.

I have quail and the japanese quail that live in an aviary tend to lay from February til September but I also have a large barn with quail in and they lay all year round. So I have quail eggs available for eating all year round.

I also have free range khaki campbell ducks and they have been laying since early Winter and as it is the first year I have kept the ducks it will be interesting to see if they stop laying.

Hugo House Quail Eggs

Here is Helene’s response;

Thanks to your kindness, we had a fantastic lunch on Saturday! I cut out large circles from a loaf of granary bread, toasted the circles then topped each with spinach wilted in a very small amount of olive oil. Each circle was then topped with two fried quail eggs and covered lightly with a homemade cheese and mustard sauce. Alan and I loved it! Today the remaining eggs are being hard boiled to top spinach salads with crispy bacon and crumbled eggs.

I am pleased that Helene and her husband enjoyed the quail eggs as I know that they are partial to these tiny, yet flavoursome eggs and delighted that Helene told me how she used the quail eggs.

Just wanted to let you know that the Hugo House Quail Eggs will be featured on today’s UK Ready Steady Cook to be aired at 4.30pm till 5.15pm on BBC2 with my quail eggs.

Hope you can tune in to see what they cook up with my bag of goodies and the quail eggs produced on my farm.

Let me know if you catch it, I’d love to know what you think or if you have any recipes using quail eggs that you’d like to share.

Langlands,

The Farmer’s Cart 

The Jug & Bottle

or why not have a meal with Hugo House quail eggs which are on the menu at:

The Star at Sancton 

The Pipe & Glass at South Dalton.

• Hard boil the quail eggs for 3 minutes.
• Leave to cool, then peel.

Great added to;

• Sausage Casserole
• Bolognaise
• Caesar Salad
• Kedgeree
• Cauliflower Cheese
• Tuna Pasta Bake
• Prawn Cocktail
• Boiled Peas
• Rice Salad

If you have any serving suggestions for hard boiled quail eggs or other quail egg recipes then please leave a comment.

Quail Eggs With Peas

Boil the quail eggs for 1 and a half to 2 minutes until they are nearly hard boiled with a slightly runny yolk. Peel the eggs and chop into quarters and add to dish of boiled garden peas.

This is a tasty alternative to serving peas with a meal.

6 hard boiled quail eggs.
1 or 2 tomatoes.
Chopped lettuce.
1 piece of bread toasted and cut into squares.

To make the sweet and sour dressing.

2 and a half table spoons of virgin olive oil.
1 clove of garlic chopped up.
Half a table spoon of caster sugar.
1 and a half tablespoons of white wine vinegar.
1 tablespoon of lemon juice.

Method

Hard Boil the quail eggs for 3 minutes and allow to cool before peeling the shell off.
Chop up the lettuce and tomato and place in the salad bowl.
Cut the quail eggs in half and place in the salad bowl.
Toast the bread and then cut into small squares like croutons.
Chop the garlic.
Mix the virgin olive oil, white wine vinegar, lemon juice and caster sugar with the garlic.
Warm lightly in a pan and then drizzle over the salad.

This salad was served with grilled salmon and homemade chips.

This quail egg salad would make a great starter or a tasty accompaniment to a main meal.

Ready Steady Cook

A letter arrived yesterday from Ready Steady Cook letting me know the date of the show I will be on, so if you want to tune in to Ready Steady Cook (UK) on Tuesday the  24th February at 4.30pm on BBC2, then you will see me and my Hugo House Quail Eggs.

Hugo House Quail Eggs

I am feeling a little nervous and excited about the show, wondering what I will look like, sound like and if I have green pesto stuck in my teeth after tasting the food!

Anyway tune in to Ready Steady Cook on BBC2 at 4.30pm on the 24th February 2009 to find out!

Quail Eggs

The Japanese and Italian quail that live at Hugo House are barn reared with the freedom to roam within their barn. These game birds create their own nest areas where they lay their petite and beautifully marked eggs with their own individual markings. The quail eat the finest grains and are given greens on a daily basis. The Hugo House quail eggs are a light and tasty egg which are ideal for packed lunches, salads or as canapes.

I recently went to London to film an episode of Ready Steady Cook for the new series which is due to be televised in January.

Whilst looking for information about when the new series would air I stumbled on an article about new chefs joining the Ready Steady Cook team. Aldo Zilli and Maria Elia are due to join the show according to the article. I can confirm that Aldo Zilli has joined the Ready Steady Cook team as he was one of the chefs on the episode that I am featured with my Hugo House Quail Eggs.

I am excited and nervous about seeing the Ready Steady Cook episode as I have never been on the TV before. It will be interesting to see how the programme has been edited and put together. I hope that they don’t do a close up of me tasting the food at the end of the show.