Baked Quail with Mushrooms

1/3 cup All-purpose flour
1 ts Salt
1/2 ts Pepper
6 Quail; cleaned
2 tb Butter
1/2 lb Fresh mushrooms; sliced
1/2 cup Butter
1/4 cup Plus 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
2 cup Chicken broth
1/2 cup Sherry
Hot cooked rice

Combine 1/3 cup flour, salt, and pepper. Dredge quail in flour mixture, and set aside.
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet; add mushrooms, and saute 4 minutes. Remove mushrooms from skillet; set aside. Melt 1/2 cup butter in skillet; brown quail on both sides. Remove quail to a 1-1/2 quart casserole. Add 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon flour to drippings in skillet; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Gradually add chicken broth and sherry; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until gravy is thickened and bubbly. Stir in mushrooms.

Pour mushroom gravy over quail. Cover and bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour.

Serve over rice. Yield: 6 servings.