southern stuffed quail

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/4 cup ground lamb
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped carrots
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped celery
• 1 clove chopped fresh garlic
• 2 1/2 tablespoons fresh bread crumbs
• ground black pepper to taste
• 8 quail, cleaned and split lengthwise
• 1 tablespoon bacon drippings

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• preheat the oven broiler.
• in a bowl, mix the lamb, parsley, carrots, celery, garlic, bread crumbs, and pepper.
• arrange the quail in a baking dish. separate the skin from the breast of each quail, and stuff with equal amounts of the stuffing mixture. brush with bacon drippings.
• broil the quail 7 minutes on each side in the preheated oven, or to a minimum internal temperature of 180 degrees f (85 degrees c).