Quaglie allo Spiedo

Name: Quaglie allo Spiedo (Quails on a Skewer)
Yield: For 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: salt and pepper; 2 tbsp dry marsala; 1 tsp honey; 1 garlic clove, extremely finely chopped; salt and pepper; 10 thin slices of pancetta, the same shape as the bread squares; 4 tbsp olive oil; juice of 1 lemon; 1 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley; 8 meaty quails; 10 pieces of pane di campagna (country-style white bread), about 4 cm (1½ inch) square and 1 cm (½ inch) thick; 10 pieces of pane di campagna (country-style white bread), about 4 cm (1½ inch) square and 1 cm (½ inch) thick; 10 thin slices of pancetta, the same shape as the bread squares

Quails on a Skewer

Preparation info

For
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Carluccio's Complete Italian Food

By Antonio Carluccio and Priscilla Carluccio

Published 1997

About

This Tuscan dish used to be made with a variety of birds. Nowadays the hunting of many birds is restricted but good-quality raised quail make a fine substitute.

Ingredients

8 meaty quails
10 pieces of pane di campagna (country-style white bread), about 4 cm<

Europe
Italy
Main course
Tuscany
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 250°C/475°F/gas 9. Clean the quails and remove and discard the livers if necessary. Roast the birds for 15 minutes. Remove