Quails’ eggs with homemade celery salt
Prep time: 15 minsTotal time: 
Quails’ eggs with homemade celery salt
Prep time: 15 minsTotal time: 
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Ingredients
- 4 celery sticks
- 10g sea salt flakes
- 24 quails’ eggs, at room temperature
Step by step
Make the celery salt a few days ahead; store in an airtight container. Boil and peel the eggs a few hours ahead.
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Preheat the oven to 120°C, fan 100°C, gas ½ and line a large baking tray with nonstick baking paper. Shave the celery sticks into thin ribbons with a flat-bladed peeler and pat dry with kitchen paper. Transfer to the baking tray and bake for about 1 hour until dry. Leave to cool. Whiz in a food processor with the salt, tip into a bowl and set aside.
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Boil the eggs for 3½ minutes; drain and cool under cold running water. Peel the eggs and slice off a little piece at the base of each one so they can stand upright (leaving a few half-peeled looks attractive). Dip the tip of each egg in celery salt and stand the eggs on a serving plate. Serve with the remaining celery salt in a small dish.
Recipe photograph by Kate Whitaker
