Lentil Purée Soup with Quail

Description
This is another nice hungarian soup made with quail.



Ingredients

 * 1 quail
 * 1/2 Lb lentils
 * 1 celeriac chopped
 * 1/4 lb ham or bacon
 * 1 Tbs butter
 * 2 Tbs flour
 * salt and pepper

Directions
Soak lentils for a few hours. Cook quail in salted water until tender. Drain and reserve liquid. Cook lentils until tender and pass them through a sieve or puree in blender. Heat butter in pan and sauté ham and celeriac. Add a little flour and brown while stirring constantly then dilute with half of the stock. Bring to a boil for a few minutes then put through a sieve. Mix strained stock with pureed lentils and add other half of the quail stock and simmered covered for 30 minutes. Add quail to pot and serve with croutons.