Southern Stuffed Quail - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup ground pork
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

Preparation

Preheat the oven broiler.
In a bowl, mix the pork, 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).