Lentil Purée Soup with Quail

Description
This is another nice Hungarian soup made with quail.

Ingredients

 * 1 quail
 * ½ lb lentils
 * 1 celeriac chopped
 * ¼ lb ham or bacon
 * 1 tbsp butter
 * 2 tbsp flour
 * salt and pepper

Directions

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