Duck a l’orange is thought to have originated in Tuscany where it was served to the Medicis. It migrated to France, perhaps when Catherine de’ Medici married into the French court, and eventually became a classic there. It was a favourite in the UK and the US in the 1960s and, although less fashionable today,…… Continue reading duck with orange sauce
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duck with lentils
Adapted from this New York Times Mark Bittman video, here’s a simple way to cook a delicious French style meal in the oven. Braised in a mix of vegetables and stock, the duck is tender and still crisp-skinned and the puy lentils add a wonderful earthy flavour. Trim 2 duck legs of excess fat, score…… Continue reading duck with lentils
hot and sour duck
This recipe, from FIRE ISLANDS: Recipes from Indonesia by Eleanor Ford, is a deeply flavoursome and complex dish. Hot with chillies and sour with tamarind, the rich and smooth sauce still allows the duck to shine. To make the bumbu, or spice mix, roughly chop 6 large red chillies, 6 red shallots, 2 cloves of…… Continue reading hot and sour duck
roast duck
Roasting a duck is not really as daunting as it seems. This Chinese-style roast duck is best cooked on a charcoal barbecue. Clean the duck, remove the wing tips and any lumps of fat from inside the cavity and pat it dry with paper towels. Rub salt over the entire duck (about 2 teaspoons) and…… Continue reading roast duck
ginger braised duck
Classic Vietnamese flavours, lots of ginger and a little chilli make this braised duck truly tasty. Use duck legs, thighs or wings for this recipe. Start by browning 6 pieces of duck in some hot oil for a few minutes. Slice a generous amount of ginger into fine slivers and add it to the duck pieces.…… Continue reading ginger braised duck
red-cooked duck legs
Red cooking is a Chinese method of slow braising. Popular throughout most of northern, eastern, and southeastern China, the name is derived from the dark red-brown colour of the cooked items and their sauce. Here is a version using duck legs. First place your duck legs into a cold pan and turn the heat to medium.…… Continue reading red-cooked duck legs
Christmas 2011
I’ve already posted the pudding, but here’s the rest of our Christmas feast. We started with some garlic prawns (shrimps) cooked in a generous mixture of olive oil and butter and about as much garlic as we could stand. The garlic was slowly cooked in the oil and butter, the prawns added last and seasoned…… Continue reading Christmas 2011
spicy grilled duck breast
This wonderfully aromatic and spicy grilled duck breast, which I served with a tomato rice and grilled asparagus, is based on a recipe from Bobby Flay’s ‘Boy Meets Grill’ . The skin on the duck breast is first lightly scored and then rubbed with a dry spice mix made of the following: 1 tablespoon of Spanish…… Continue reading spicy grilled duck breast
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