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BBQ Quail

Description: This dish gives new meaning to fast food - prepare and marinate the quail the night before to help fully develop the flavours. It only takes a few minutes to BBQ - which gives you just enough time to prepare a salad to serve with it.

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ingredients

Fresh

8 quail - boned & butterflied
150g rocket
1 orange
1/2 cup orange juice

Pantry

1/4 cup olive oil
1 star anise
1 cinnamon quill
1Tb balsamic vinegar
Sea salt

method

1 To make the marinade, mix the olive oil, orange juice, star anise and cinnamon in a dish and add the quail. Make sure the quail is well coated and leave to marinate for at least 30 minutes (preferably overnight if you can).
2 Heat the BBQ to medium (the chargrills are the best)
3 Grill quail for 8 minutes on BBQ, turning every 2 mins. You can tell that it's cooked by inserting a knife and the juices run clear.
TO MAKE THE SALAD
4 Remove the peel from the orange and remove the segments - do this by running your knife down the membranes of each segment. If you find this tricky, just slice or dice instead.
5 Prepare a simple salad of rocket leaves and orange segments, drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar and sprinkle with sea salt.
TO SERVE
Arrange the quail and salad on a platter.

tips

You can buy boned quail from most poultry or butcher shops- and at some supermarkets. If you can't find quail, you can use chicken thigh fillets instead.

To bone and butterfly the quail yourself: Lay the quail breast side down and cut along both sides of the backbone with a knife or poultry scissors. Remove the backbone and then open out the quail and lay it flat ready for the marinade.

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