Pan Seared Duck with Red Chile Pear Sauce, Bourbon-Brown Sugar Asian Pear Relish and Potato-Blue Cheese Cakes

Name: Pan Seared Duck with Red Chile Pear Sauce, Bourbon-Brown Sugar Asian Pear Relish and Potato-Blue Cheese Cakes
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 118 milliliters bourbon; 118 milliliters crumbled domestic blue cheese; 2 liters homemade chicken stock; 2 whole New Mexican Red chiles; 1 cinnamon stick; 237 milliliters dry red wine; 4 duck breasts; 2 Tbsps light brown sugar; 59 milliliters olive oil; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 59 milliliters panko bread crumbs, plus extra for coating; 3 Asian pears, peeled, seeded and diced; 3 pears, peeled, seeded and halved; 473 milliliters cold mashed potatoes; 1 large red onion, finely chopped; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground pepper; 2 star anise; 2 Tbsps cold unsalted butter

Pan Seared Duck with Red Chile Pear Sauce, Bourbon-Brown Sugar Asian Pear Relish and Potato-Blue Cheese Cakes might be just the main course you are searching for. One serving contains 1076 calories, 62g of protein, and 43g of fat. This recipe serves 4. If you have salt and pepper, olive oil, domestic cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the light brown sugar you could follow this main course with the Apricot tart with brown sugar & cinnamon pastry as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

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Heat a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Season the duck with salt and pepper on both sides and cook, skin-side down, until golden brown, drain the fat, turn the breast over and continue cooking in the oven to medium-rare doneness, about 4 to 5 minutes.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Duck

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Frying Pan

Place 2 Potato-Blue Cheese Cakes on each plate.

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Blue Cheese

Potato

Place one duck breast on top of the potato cakes, and drizzle the Red Chile Pear Sauce around the plate and on the ends of the duck breasts.

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Red Chili Pepper

Potato

Sauce

Pear

Place a few teaspoons of the Asian Pear Relish on top of each of the duck breasts.

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Duck Breast

Asian Pear

Relish

Combine the potatoes, bread crumbs and blue cheese in a medium bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Form the mixture into eight 2-inch cakes. Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Dredge the cakes lightly in more panko crumbs.

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Breadcrumbs

Blue Cheese

Potato

Panko

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Bowl

Heat the oil in a large saute pan over high heat. Cook the cakes until golden brown on both sides.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add the onion and cook until soft.

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Onion

Add the wine and cook until reduced.

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Wine

Add the stock, chiles, cinnamon, anise, and pears, and cook until reduced by 1/

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Cinnamon

Chili Pepper

Anise

Pear

Stock

Strain the sauce into a clean saucepan and cook to a sauce consistency, and can coat the back of a spoon thickly.

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Sauce

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Sauce Pan

Heat a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.

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Sauce Pan

Add the pears and cook until lightly golden brown.

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Pear

Remove the pan from the heat, add the bourbon and sugar and cook until the pears are lightly glazed.

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Pear

Sugar

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Servings:

118milliliters

bourbon 118milliliters

crumbled domestic blue cheese 2liters

homemade chicken stock 2

whole New Mexican Red chiles 1

cinnamon stick 237milliliters

dry red wine 4

duck breasts 2Tbsps

light brown sugar 59milliliters

olive oil 2Tbsps

olive oil 59milliliters

panko bread crumbs, plus extra for coating 3

Asian pears, peeled, seeded and diced 3

pears, peeled, seeded and halved 473milliliters

cold mashed potatoes 1large

red onion, finely chopped 4servings

Salt and freshly ground pepper 2

star anise 2Tbsps

cold unsalted butter

Recommended wine: Chenin Blanc, Gewurztraminer, Riesling

Chenin Blanc, Gewurztraminer, and Riesling are great choices for Asian. The best wine for Asian food depends on the cuisine and dish - of course - but these acidic whites pair with a number of traditional meals, spicy or not. One wine you could try is Birichino Jurassic Park Vineyard Old Vines Chenin Blanc. It has 4.4 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 26 dollars.