Ant-Rubbed Roasted Quail
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Who made this dish?
{Michael}: "I'm making an agrodolce, chef. I'm going to make a little squash puree, and then I'm going to roast a little bit of quail. I've cooked quail before, and it's super sustainable. And also I can make, like, an ant and nori rub. Ants are nutty, earthy, fun, and some good times."
{Michael}: "My sustainability journey started with this idea of being able to take quote-unquote garbage and turn it into another layer of flavor."
{Michael}: "This quail is kind of starting to become wrong for me. I'm not getting the color that I want, the browning. I cut into one, and it's still not all the way there. I put it in the oven. I'm just praying the universe sends me a Hail Mary."
{Michael}: "Padma, I'm stressing about the quail. Hopefully my sauces will, like, save me."
{Michael}: "Hand-roasted quail with a rub made from ants, a plum sauce. The squash puree was made with all the beautiful vegetables from the farm."
{Michael}: "The reason I picked up the quail in the first place was because I wanted to highlight a protein. And now this is the thing that's going to potentially be bringing me down."
{Wiley Dufresne}: "You can build these complex sauces, flavors that are very rich. This puree in the middle of the plate is really cool. The legs of my quail are great. The rub is really fun. Unfortunately, I think the breast on my bird is a little bit rare."
{Michael Cimarusti}: "Unfortunately, mine is, like, very rare. However, the rest of the plate, as Wiley said, absolutely delicious. Maybe you should have gone vegetarian."
{Padma Lakshmi}: "This is really raw. You did yourself a real disservice because that puree is excellent." Later: "I'm not sure how to rate the taste or creativity, because it's so raw."
