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2 ea Ducklings, with giblets

1 md Onion, chopped

1 md Carrot, chopped

2 c Demi-glace

4 oz Veal, shoulder, chopped

4 oz Pork, tenderloin, chopped

1 lg Egg

Salt (to taste) Pepper (to taste) 2 oz Cognac

2 oz Wine, port

1/4 c Sugar

1/4 c Water

2 oz Vinegar, wine, red

1 pt Blueberries

2 tb Oil, peanut

Remove the duck giblets and set aside. Cut off each leg and thigh in one piece. Remove breasts whole from the bone. Chop the duck carcass and put it into a roasting pan with the onion and carrot. Roast for 45 minutes at 400 F or until the bones are brown. Put browned bones and vegetables in a pot and add the demi-glace. Bring to a boil and simmer gently for an hour or more. Put the reserved liver and gizzard into a food processor with the veal and pork. Puree a few seconds and add egg (2 eggs if they are medium sized or smaller). Season with salt and pepper and continue to process. Add cognac and port and blend to a smooth texture. Carefully cut open the thigh of the duck and cut out the thigh bone. Fill the pocket created with the stuffing and fold the skin around it. Wrap the leg in buttered foil and bake in a 375 F oven for an hour or until the internal temperature is 165 F. Caramelize the sugar and water carefully and add vinegar. Cook until syrupy and strain in the duck-enriched brown sauce. Stir and simmer for 5 minutes and add blueberries. Heat oil and brown reserved breasts, skin side first. Remove from pan, cut off skin, and brown the breast again. Slice the browned breasts into strips and serve with the stuffed legs and sauce. Source: Great Chefs of New Orleans, Tele-record Productions : Box 71112, New Orleans, Louisiana – 1983 : Chef Michel Marcais, Begue’s Restaurant, New Orleans

—————————–SAUCE AND ASSEMBLY—————————– 1 ea Duck, whole, (4 to 5 lbs)

– OR 2 ea Duck, legs

6 tb Oil, olive

1 md Onion

1 lg Carrot

1 md Tomato

1 pn Thyme

1 ea Bay leaf

6 ea Peppercorns, black

14 oz Wine, red (Volnay)

1 c Stock, duck, OR

1 c Stock, veal

1 lb Turnips, white

2 oz Butter

3 oz Caul fat

———————————-STUFFING———————————- 2 oz Pork

2 oz Bacon

1 oz Liver, chicken

1 md Shallot, chopped

1 oz Butter

1 lg Egg yolk

1 ea Truffle

2 tb Cream, heavy – varies with

– the amount of fat in — the pork Salt Pepper Sauce: ====== Debone the duck, reserve the duck’s legs for this dish and keep the remainder of the duck for another dish. Chop up the duck bones and place them in a heavy pan with heated olive oil. Add onion, carrot, and brown. Add quartered tomato, thyme, bay leaf, peppercorns, and salt. Deglaze with red wine and veal stock, then cook for approximately 1 hour. Strain sauce and reserve. Stuffing: ========= Put all of the pork, bacon, and chicken liver through a meat grinder. In a saute pan, heat up the butter and cook the shallot. In a bowl, mix the chopped ground meats, shallot, egg yolk, chopped truffle, cream, salt and pepper. Set aside. Assembly: ========= Peel the turnips and shape them into small spears. Place the turnips in a small saucepan, cover with water, add butter and salt, then bring to a boil. When liquid is almost evaporated, add 1/2 teaspoon sugar. Continue to cook until a brown glaze forms in the pan. Deglaze the pan with 1/4 cup duck sauce and reserve for garnish. Debone the duck leg (trying to keep all of the meat in one piece) and pound the meat flat. Lay caul fat on flat surface and cut into 5 x 5 inch squares. Place a deboned leg on each square, salt and pepper the meat. Place some of the stuffing in the center of each leg. Close the leg over the stuffing and caul fat over the leg – shaping it all in the form of a chop. Place in a buttered pan and cook in 475 F oven for 20 – 25 minutes. Heat reserved sauce, whipping in small pieces of cold butter. Adjust the seasoning. To serve, slice the duck and place pieces in the center of a serving plate, garnish with turnips and add sauce. Source: Great Chefs of San Francisco, Avon Books, 1984 Chef: Roberto Gerometta, Chez Michel, San Francisco, CA

2 Black ducks, large

3 tb Butter

1 1/2 ts Salt

1/2 ts Thyme

3 Onions, white, chopped

1 Duck hearts, chopped

12 oz Wine, white, warmed

Directions: Pintail ducks may be used in place of Black ducks. Cut ducks into serving pieces. Roll in flour and brown in butter and oil, turning often. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and add thyme, basil, onion, parsley, giblets and wine. Cover and cook in 350-F oven for 1 hour. Add cream and cook for 20 more minutes or until duck pieces are tender. Serve in a warm platter with the gravy from the pan. Suggestions: Hot bread, red wine, buttered baby carrots & braised celery

3 Ripe, but firm, avocados

1 qt Water

Juice of 1 lemon The breast and thigh meat -from a whole roasted -duckling 6 md Oranges, peeled and

-segmented Lettuce leaves 1/4 c Chopped pecans or toasted

-sliced almonds 6 tb Mayonnaise

2 tb Frozen undiluted orange

-juice, defrosted Parsley sprigs Orange wedges (optional) 1. Peel the avocados, cut them in half, and immediately dip them in

the water with the lemon juice added to keep them from discoloring. 2. Be sure the duck meat is skinless and boneless. Cut it into

bite-sized pieces. 3. Mix the duck meat with the orange segments. Divide into six

portions. Fill the avocado halves, which have been placed on a platter lined with crisp lettuce leaves, with the portions of meat and oranges. 4. Mix the concentrated juice with the mayonnaise and spoon this

over each stuffed avocado. Top each with the nuts. Decorate with parsley sprigs and orange wedges. CHEF’S SECRET: Always peel the avocado first and then cut it in half. This is important, because if avocados are ripe enough to be eaten, the halves would be mashed during the peeling process. If you leave the pits in after halving the avocados and dipping them in the lemon water, you can wrap the avocados in plastic wrap and keep them all day in the refrigerator. They won’t discolor. You can give this dish an oriental flavor by mixing 1 tbs. soy sauce into the 6 tbs. mayonnaise, replacing the orange with canned tangerine segments, and grinding some roasted sesame seeds over the dish. (The sesame seeds are available in very bandy little plastic throw-away grinders in grocery stores carrying oriental foods.) When using the canned tangerine segments, you can greatly improve the taste by pouring off the canned syrup, rinsing the segments quickly in cold water, then transferring them to a plastic container. Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon over them and, if you like, add 1 or 2 tbs. brandy and enough water to cover. Chill in the refrigerator overnight. Makes 6 servings. From “The Chef’s Secret Cookbook”, Louis Szathmary, Quadrangle Books, Chicago. 1972. Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; March 14 1993.

1/2 c Wine, dry red

1/4 c Vegetable oil

4 Duck-breasts, skin/deboned

1/4 c Water

1 ts Lime juice

1/2 ts Salt

1/4 ts Caraway seeds, crushed

Directions: Prepare marinade by combining Black raspberry preserves (seedless), water, mustard, lime juice, soy sauce, salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, caraway seeds and steak sauce in a small sauce pan. Cook over low heat until thoroughly hot. Place duck breasts in shallow dish; pour marinade over meat. Cover and refrigerate 2 to 2-1/2 hours, turning occasionally. Combine wine, 1/4 cup soy sauce, vegetable oil and 1/4 tsp ground pepper, stirring well. Place duck on broiler and broil 5 in. from heat 15-20 min. Slice thin and serve with sauce.

1/2 c Shelled peanuts, red skin

-removed 1/2 c Chestnuts, either fresh or

-dried 1/2 c Ginkgo nuts, canned or fresh

1/2 c Dried lotus seeds

8 Dried Chinese mushrooms

1/2 c Red dates (jujubes)

1 Duck (about 5 pounds)

Salt 1 tb Finely chopped fresh ginger

-root 3 Shallots, chopped fine

2 Eighteen-inch pieces of

-sugar cane (if unavailable, -omit) Clear water from 1 coconut 1 ts Rock sugar

1 tb Fish sauce

3 Scallions, both green part

-and white, cut into 4 -pieces crosswise Black pepper to taste Fresh coriander, chopped Prepare the various nuts, the lotus seeds, dried mushrooms, and red dates as follows: Soak the peanuts in hot water for 30 minutes; drain and set aside. If using dried chestnuts, boil for 20 minutes, drain, and set aside. If using fresh ginkgo nuts, remove the shell and blanch to remove the thin inner skin; set aside. Soak the Chinese mushrooms in hot water for 20 minutes, then drain, remove the stems and cut into quarters; set aside. Boil the dried lotus seeds for 20 minutes; drain and set aside. Soak the red dates in hot water for 30 minutes. (If they are very dry, boil for 10 minutes.) Drain and set aside. Rinse and clean the duck. Rub salt over the duck and rinse off; let dry for 10 minutes. Combine the ginger, shallots, and 1 teaspoon salt. Rub the inside of the duck with the mixture. Combine the peanuts, chest- nuts, ginkgo nuts, lotus seeds, and 1 teaspoon salt and stuff the duck. Sew the duck closed with heavy white thread, or else use skewers. Peel the sugar cane and cut into thin lengthwise strips, the same length as the duck. Place 3 pieces of white kitchen string on a flat surface, long enough to tie the slices of sugar cane around the duck, covering the entire surface. Bring the string around and tie as you would a roast. Turn the duck over and slide the remaining strips under the string, covering the entire duck with the sugar cane. Pour the coconut water into a large pot. Put the duck into the pot and add enough water to completely cover. Add the rock sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt. Bring to a boil and remove the scum continuously for 15 minutes, then turn the heat down, cover, and keep at a lively bubble for 2 hours. Turn the duck every 30 minutes. After 2 hours, remove the duck from the pot; untie and discard the sugar cane. To the liquid remaining in the pot add the mushrooms, red dates, 1 teaspoon salt, and the fish sauce. Boil, covered, for 15 minutes, then remove the duck to the broth, cover, and simmer for an additional 15 minutes. Remove the duck and add the scallion pieces to the broth. To serve, break the duck, with the bones, into 8 pieces. Put the pieces in individual bowls and add broth, some of the various nuts that were stuffed into the duck, red dates, and mushrooms. Sprinkle with black pepper and chopped fresh coriander.

1 (4-lb) duckling

2 tb Salt

2 qt Water

1/2 c Chopped onion

1/2 c Chopped celery

1 Garlic clove; minced

1 Bay leaf

2 ts Butter or margarine

2 ts Flour

1/2 ts Ground star anise

1 tb Green peppercorns in wine

Salt Remove backbone from duck and quarter or bone duck, reserving backbone and giblets for broth. Place salt in deep saucepan, add duck pieces and cook 20 minutes. Remove duck, place in shallow casserole and bake at 350F 45 minutes, increasing heat to 375F during last 10 minutes. Combine giblets, backbone and water in saucepan, cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 2 hours. Skim off fat. Add onion, celery, garlic and bay leaf to broth, cover and simmer 20 minutes. Strain. Melt butter in saucepan, stir in flour and cook 1 to 2 minutes. Add broth and cook until slightly thickened. Add star anise and green peppercorns and season to taste with salt. Serve sauce over duck.

1 Duckling, (4- to 5-lb)

1 tb Kosher salt

1 ts Ground black pepper

REMOVE ANY GIBLETS from the cavity of the bird and reserve. Remove any fat deposits from the cavity and cut off excess skin around the neck. Rinse the bird under cold running water and pat dry. Sprinkle the cavity with salt and pepper. Sever the wing tips at the first joint and reserve with the giblets. Tie the legs together at the ankles and sprinkle the outside of the duck with salt and pepper. If you don’t have a steamer, improvise one. Use a roasting rack or create one by placing 2 small heatproof baking dishes or loaf pans upside down in a larger roasting pan. Fill roasting pan with a 2-inch depth of water and place the bird breast up on the rack. Cover tightly with the lid or with aluminum foil. Place over high heat on top of the stove. When the water boils, reduce heat to low and steam approximately 15 minutes per pound. Remove from the heat and transfer the birds to a plate. Strain the steaming liquid into a container, cool and place in the refrigerator. When chilled, remove the fat and pack into containers, discarding any water. Place in the refrigerator until ready to cook, or in the freezer for up to 1 year. Use the fat for frying and sauteeing. Place the bird on its side in a roasting pan, add reserved giblets, neck and wings, place in the oven and turn oven temperature to 350F. After about 15 minutes, turn birds on the other side and cook an

additional 10 minutes. Turn the bird breast up and cook another 20 minutes, basting the bird as it renders fat. In all, cook about 9 minutes per pound or about 45 minutes for a 5-lb duck, about 7 minutes per pound for an 11-lb goose. Remove the bird from the oven and set the bird aside on a platter. Remove any trussing and serve with sauce.