Persian Quail

Name: Persian Quail
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Iran
Ingredients: 1 tsp sumac or softly grated rind of ½ lemon; 2 tsp honey; 4 gratings of nutmeg; 50 g soft butter; 3 tsp sunflower oil; pomegranate jewels or micro greens for garnish (optional); pomegranate jewels or micro greens for garnish (optional); ½ cup almonds (or pistachios), roughly chopped; ½ cup cranberries (sour cherries if you’re lucky); ½ cup cranberries (sour cherries if you’re lucky); ½ cup sultanas; 2 tbsp Grand Marnier or Cointreau liqueur; 2 tbsp Grand Marnier or Cointreau liqueur; 1 tbsp dried rose petals (or tea), chopped, plus extra for garnish; 1 tbsp dried rose petals (or tea), chopped, plus extra for garnish; 2 tbsp sunflower oil; 1 medium onion, finely sliced; 1 tsp salt; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; 5 tbsp pomegranate molasses (or moskonfyt or verjuice); 6 tbsp pomegranate juice; 5 tbsp pomegranate molasses (or moskonfyt or verjuice); 5 tbsp pomegranate molasses (or moskonfyt or verjuice); 4 cardamom pods, seeded; 1 tbsp black peppercorns; 1 tsp cinnamon; 6 gratings of nutmeg; 1 cup walnuts, toasted and skinned (with a clean, dry vaaidoek/tea towel); 1 cup walnuts, toasted and skinned (with a clean, dry vaaidoek/tea towel); ½ tsp powdered turmeric

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Set a Table

By Karen Dudley

Published 2018

About

After supper, for a good chunk of my childhood, my brother Gavin and I would read about the kings of the Old Testament. I believe my parents’ idea was to immerse us in these stories of kings, warriors, prophets and unlikely heroes. Here were God’s chosen people wandering, lost and rebellious, through the desert – hoping to reach the Promised Land. God’s chosen people yearning for deliverance and finding, at their last… quail in the desert… and manna to sustain them! Here were the kings of P

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Asia
Iran
Main course
Gluten-free

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