Meat nests with quail eggs in the oven

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 45 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   That's all the ingredients we need. Any meat is suitable for this dish - pork, beef, chicken, any other or a mixture of different types of meat - it will be even tastier. I have pork today. You can also take ready-made minced meat - whatever is more familiar and convenient for you

2. STEP 2

   

   The first step is to soak the loaf in milk and mash it with a fork

3. STEP 3

   

   We wash the meat well under running water, remove the veins, films and cut it as convenient for a meat grinder. We also clean the onion and garlic, wash it, cut the onion into 4 parts

4. STEP 4

   

   Pass the meat, onion and garlic through a meat grinder. I prefer to grind the minced meat myself - this way I know exactly what it’s made of and I’m absolutely sure of its freshness, because it’s no secret that minced meat is a perishable product and many sellers go to all sorts of tricks to pass off a low-quality product as fresh

5. STEP 5

   

   Salt the minced meat to taste

6. STEP 6

   

   Let's pepper

7. STEP 7

   

   Add some spices to taste - today I added some Italian herbs, they will give our dish an unusual Mediterranean flavor, you can use your favorite spices

8. STEP 8

   

   Beating in an egg

9. STEP 9

   

   Add the loaf, which we previously soaked. If desired, you can pass it through a meat grinder along with minced meat, I usually don’t do this

10. STEP 10

    

    Knead the minced meat well, I usually do it with my hands and beat it a little on the table, this way we will get rid of excess air, it will become denser and will keep its shape well

11. STEP 11

    

    Absolutely any type of cheese is suitable for this dish - the one that you have in stock today - Russian, Dutch, Suluguni, etc. there is no fundamental significance here, it’s three on a coarse grater

12. STEP 12

    

    We grease the baking tray with vegetable oil, I took baking paper - this way nothing will stick and you don’t need to wash the baking tray for a long time (sort of a life hack in the kitchen). We form a ball from the minced meat with our hands, and then make a depression, getting something like a nest

13. STEP 13

    

    Place a little grated cheese inside each nest.

14. STEP 14

    

    Drive 2 quail eggs into each nest. You can, of course, take one chicken egg, but then beat in the yolk first, then carefully fill the remaining space with the white. But personally, in my opinion, with quail eggs it turns out more original

15. STEP 15

    

    Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 30-35 minutes so that the top of the egg does not dry out, you can cover the nests with foil

16. STEP 16

    

    Fragrant and beautiful meat nests are ready

17. STEP 17

    

    Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

ReveRita

15.12.2023

4.5

Such meat nests will be an excellent replacement for cutlets. Minced meat can be made not only from pork, but also from minced chicken.