Best Duck Breast With Plum Salsa Recipes
DUCK BREAST TACOS WITH PLUM SALSA
You know you've got a taco problem when you make a duck breast recipe from a destined-to-be-classic Chinese cookbook and think, "Wouldn't these be good in tortillas?" Yes, that's what happened to me when I tried Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's simple baked duck breasts from Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking. I served them for a Chinese dinner that night, but pretty soon I was playing around with a riff on five-spice powder, combining Asian and Mexican ingredients and rubbing them into the breasts before using Lo's baking technique. A sweet, sour, and spicy plum salsa was just the thing to cut through and complement the deep flavors of the rich duck.
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Using a spice grinder (such as a coffee grinder reserved for spices), grind the star anise, dried oregano, and Szechuan peppercorns to a fine powder. Dump into a small bowl and stir in the ground ancho, salt, and cinnamon.
- Pat dry the duck breasts with a paper towel. Use a sharp knife to cut through just the skin and fat, without piercing the meat, in 1-inch intervals, then repeat the cuts at a 90° angle to make a crosshatch pattern all across the skin. Sprinkle the spice mixture all over the duck breasts. Pack in heavy-duty resealable plastic bags, squeezing as much air out as possible, and refrigerate for several hours or as long as 24 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 450°F.
- In a small roasting pan lined with aluminum foil, roast the duck breasts skin side up for 10 minutes. Increase the heat to 550°F and turn the breasts skin side down. Roast until much of the fat has rendered and the skin is browned and crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate, pour off the extra duck fat from the pan and reserve for another use. Let the duck breasts rest for at least 10 minutes. (If desired, wrap one of the duck breasts in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for up to 1 week for a later meal.)
- Warm the tortillas (see page 85) and wrap them in aluminum foil to keep warm.
- Meanwhile, make the salsa. Finely chop the jalapeño. In a small mixing bowl, combine the jalapeño with the plum, shallot, cilantro, mint, lime juice, oil, and a generous sprinkling of salt. Taste, add more salt if necessary; if you want more heat, add some of the reserved jalapeño seeds.
- Lay the tortillas out on a plate. Cut the duck breast crosswise into 1/2-inch slices, place a couple of slices on each tortilla, top each with the plum salsa, and eat.
DUCK BREASTS WITH FRESH PLUM-GINGER GLAZE AND TOMATILLO RELISH
Steps:
- For the relish: Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- For the sauce: Preheat grill or side burner. Heat the oil in a large nonreactive saucepan over medium heat. Add the shallots and garlic and cook until soft. Add the Thai chiles, ginger, curry powder and cinnamon and cook for 2 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and cook until the sauce becomes thick, about 30 to 40 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Place plum mixture, in 2 or 3 batches, in a food processor and process until smooth. Remove marinade to a large bowl and let cool completely. Reserve 1 cup. Yield: 4 cups
- For the duck: Preheat grill medium-low heat. Season breast with salt and pepper on both sides to taste. Grill skin-side down for 5 minutes. Baste, using 3 cups of the plum sauce, turn, baste again, and grill for 5 minutes. Baste, turn and baste again; cover the grill and cook the duck skin-side down for 5 minutes. Baste, turn and baste again; cover and cook another 5 minutes or until well-browned on the outside but medium-rare doneness (total 20 minutes). Remove breasts to a platter and brush with the reserved plum sauce. Cover with foil and let sit 10 minutes. Grill the tortillas for 15 seconds on each side. Cut the duck on the bias into 1/4-inch thick slices. Brush some of the reserved sauce in the center of each tortilla, place 3 or 4 slices of the duck and a few green onions, wrap and serve. Serve with Tomatillo Salsa.
SPICE-RUBBED DUCK BREASTS WITH PLUM SAUCE
Make and share this Spice-Rubbed Duck Breasts With Plum Sauce recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ratherbeswimmin
Categories Healthy
Time 1h20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Make the rub: in a bowl, combine all the rub ingredients; set aside.
- Use a sharp knife to trim excess fat from the duck breasts; if skin is very fatty, trim it to a thickness of ¼ inch.
- Score the skin in a diamond pattern.
- Coat both sides of the breasts evenly with the rub; cover with plastic wrap and marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes or in the refrigerator for up to several hours.
- Make the plum sauce: in a small saucepan over medium heat, stir the plum jam until liquefied and bubbling, 3-4 minutes.
- Add in the remaining sauce ingredients; cook and whisk frequently until smooth, about 2 minutes.
- Let the sauce cool to room temperature before serving.
- Grill the breasts, skin side down over Direct Low heat, until the internal temperature reaches 160°, 11-13 minutes, turning once halfway through the grilling time.
- The juices should be slightly pink, the skin golden brown and crisp.
- Remove from the grill and let rest 3-4 minutes.
- Slice thinly on the bias and serve warm with the sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 479.1, Fat 13.3, SaturatedFat 3.6, Cholesterol 163.2, Sodium 815.4, Carbohydrate 57.5, Fiber 1.2, Sugar 39.7, Protein 30.3
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