Duck Burgers With Pickled Fennel and Prune Mayonnaise

Name: Duck Burgers With Pickled Fennel and Prune Mayonnaise
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 brioche or other buns, halved horizontally and lightly toasted; 1 Tbsp sliced chives, plus extra for stacking on the burger; 2 servings Cornichons, to serve alongside; 454 grams duck breasts; 4 leaves gem or green leaf lettuce; 2 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 59 milliliters mayonnaise; 3 soft pitted prunes, plus 3 extra for garnish; 2 teaspoons whole grain mustard

The recipe Duck Burgers With Pickled Fennel and Prune Mayonnaise is ready in approximately 30 minutes and is definitely an awesome dairy free option for lovers of American food. This main course has 518 calories, 46g of protein, and 31g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 2. This recipe covers 35% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up grain mustard, chives, mayonnaise, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the mayonnaise you could follow this main course with the Super! Peanut Butter Brownies Made Lighter as a dessert.

Instructions

Separate the skin from the duck breasts, and roughly chop the duck breast meat, leaving the skins to the side.

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Duck Breast

Meat

Add the duck breast meat, mustard, and chives to the work bowl of a food processor. Season with salt and pepper. Pulse until the meat is very roughly ground, 15 to 20 short pulses. Form into two patties about 4-inches wide with a slight dimple in the center of each one.

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Salt And Pepper

Duck Breast

Mustard

Chives

Meat

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Food Processor

Bowl

Place one of the duck skins in a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat (set aside second duck skin for another use or discard). Allow the duck fat to render into the skillet, stirring and flipping occasionally. When you have a nice layer of fat, discard or eat the remaining duck skin.

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Duck Fat

Whole Duck

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Frying Pan

Heat duck fat until shimmering, then add burger patties and cook, flipping occasionally, until desired level of doneness is achieved (about 130°F for medium rare or 140°F for medium.

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Burger Patties

Duck Fat

While the duck burgers are cooking, make the prune mayo. Clean out food processor and add prunes and mayonnaise. Blend until smooth, adding 1 to 2 tablespoons of water as necessary.

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Mayonnaise

Prunes

Water

Whole Duck

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Food Processor

Spread prune mayo on bottom half of burger buns. Top with lettuce, the cooked burgers, pickled fennel, snipped chives, more mayo, chopped prunes, and the top bun.

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Hamburger Bun