| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Dairy |
Jewish |
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1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 1 |
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or 2 small half breasts of |
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duck per person trimmed |
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of |
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excess skin and fat with |
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the skin pierced in many |
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places |
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Peppercorns, pink or green |
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Mustard |
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Raspberry, sherry or |
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balsamic vinegar 1/2 to |
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3/4 cup for 2 – 4 persons |
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Heavy cream, try coffee rich |
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or something Pareve |
INSTRUCTIONS
MAGRETS de CANARD aux BOUCHIERS de GENEVEVE' (duck in peppercorn
sauce) source: contributor: anderson@sapir.cog.jhu.edu (Stephen R.
Anderson) Soak peppercorns in vinegar for 30 minutes; mix nustard with
cream - proportions about 1 Tbsp. mustard per 1/2 cup cream (a bit
less mustard if you're using pink peppercorns, as their flavour is
rather more delicate). Heat a saute' pan large enough to hold the
duck breasts in one layer, over med-high heat. Put in the duck, skin
side down. Cook for about 10 minutes on heat as high as possible
without burning. Pour off excess fat (save this! it's a crucial
ingredient for frying potatoes and many other things), turn duck to
flesh side for about 10 minutes more. Duck should be springy to the
touch, pink but neither raw nor overdone. Remove duck to warm oven to
wait while you make the sauce. Again pour off any excess fat. Add the
vinegar and peppercorns to deglaze the pan. Cook briefly to reduce.
Add the cream and mustard, whisk and reduce briefly. Correct
seasonings. Slice the duck across the grain; return it and the juices
that have accumulated in the plate to the sauce. Heat briefly and
serve immediately ~- perhaps with plain pasta (something to put the
sauce on) a salad, and a potent red. Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest V97
#030 by alotzkar@direct.ca (Al) on Jan 24, 1997.
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