Interesting things to do with small eggs

[Chris Hennes]

A friend just gave me a dozen Chukar eggs: I'm looking for interesting uses for them. Ideas?

[Keith_W]

Make small Scotch eggs? I have a recipe somewhere which is essentially a croquette with bacalao and a soft cooked quails egg inside.

Since you have MC you could also try the beetroot tea egg recipe.

[Lisa Shock]

I'd go simple with the first one, soft cooked on a bed of greens with some vinaigrette. Not all eggs taste the same, so it might be good to taste one with a simple preparation

[Chris Hennes]

Here is a photo of the eggs in a standard-sized egg carton:

[thirtyoneknots]

I once heard of an April Fool's prank to make your family tiny breakfast using quail eggs and melba toast. Probably not the kind of ideas you were looking for though.

[Kouign Aman]

soft boil, peel, marinate in 3:2:1 water, soy, mirin.

[SobaAddict70]

Cut them open neatly if you can. Cook the insides sous vide or scrambled with cream and butter; sea salt, black pepper and herbs. Spoon back in the shell or serve in a small ramekin. Top with a spoonful of caviar or maybe some shaved white truffles if you want to gild the lily.

Eat, then praise the cook.

[Peter the eater]

Pickled quail eggs are a nice treat, you could try something like that.

[IndyRob]

I once heard of an April Fool's prank to make your family tiny breakfast using quail eggs and melba toast. Probably not the kind of ideas you were looking for though.

Also good if you have a daughter who professes a desire to be Barbie.

I have not tried these eggs, and am not likely to (for lack of opportunity, not desire), but I would certainly cook a couple straight away (in a simple way) and go from there.

[Chris Hennes]

OK, taking your advice, I just cooked up a couple sunny-side up:

Alas, they taste... like eggs. I'm pretty sure that any subtle differences I may have thought I detected were my imagination, I doubt in a blind test I could tell these apart from chicken eggs of the same freshness. Still, there must be some fun things I can do with tiny eggs.

[Will]

Yeah - this is what I don't love about quail eggs -- to me, they basically taste like an egg, and while they're cute, they don't (to me) taste any better than a chicken egg, yet they're less filling but with way more cholesterol. Aside from the novelty and the look of having a tiny egg, I'd just as soon eat a chicken or duck egg.

[Chris Hennes]

Hey, when someone offers you a dozen free, fresh eggs, you take 'em. She gave me duck eggs last time (they have a bunch of different poultry roaming around). Besides, I like to play with my food.

[dcarch]

A pain to peel quail eggs.

If you need hard-boiled quail eggs, you can get them in a Chinese store in a can, alread peeled.

dcarch

[lstrelau]

Try mini Toad in the Hole as a starter for a dinner. Use brioche either square or cut out rounds and use a little circle cutter to cut out the centre. Toast lightly (or sauté in butter in one side) then crack egg into the hole and fry. Serve with crispy fried proscuitto. Maybe fried cherry tomato too.

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[lperry]

...I like to play with my food.

I would make deviled eggs using a fluted tip and a pastry bag. Small eggs look so lovely presented this way, and there's a fairly significant amount of playing with food involved.

[HungryC]

Mmm, I love pickled quail eggs...a great nibble w/drinks. And the little quail eggs absorb the pickle faster than chicken eggs. If you're lazy, you can use the brine from your favorite brand of commercial cucumber pickles.

[andiesenji]

A pain to peel quail eggs.

If you need hard-boiled quail eggs, you can get them in a Chinese store in a can, alread peeled.

dcarch

And they are quite good.

Mmm, I love pickled quail eggs...a great nibble w/drinks. And the little quail eggs absorb the pickle faster than chicken eggs. If you're lazy, you can use the brine from your favorite brand of commercial cucumber pickles.

I use the liquid from my homemade bread and butter pickles. Sweet, sour, spicy and tinted pink with a little beet juice makes for a pretty tiny egg.

Edited April 19, 2012 by andiesenji (log)