Seared Foie Gras with Ginger Cream

Name: Seared Foie Gras with Ginger Cream
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps firmly packed brown sugar; 8 fresh chive spears, rinsed; 4 servings Coarse salt and fresh-ground pepper; 2 Tbsps chopped crystallized ginger; 302 grams piece chilled fresh duck foie gras, rinsed and patted dry (see notes); 1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger; 59 milliliters sherry vinegar; 177 milliliters About whipping cream; 4 slices firm-textured egg or white bread, toasted, crusts trimmed

Seared Foie Gras with Ginger Cream might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 360 calories, 16g of protein, and 21g of fat. This recipe covers 36% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of chive spears, whipping cream, coarse salt and fresh-ground pepper, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the coarse salt you could follow this main course with the Healthy Raw Chocolate Pudding as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a blender, whirl crystallized ginger, fresh ginger, brown sugar, and vinegar until ginger is minced.

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Candied Ginger

Ginger

Brown Sugar

Vinegar

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Blender

Pour into a 2- to 3-quart pan and add 3/4 cup cream. Stir over high heat until boiling, then stir often until reduced to about 3/4 cup, 8 to 10 minutes; keep warm.

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Cream

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Frying Pan

On each salad plate, lay a slice of toast; keep warm up to 10 minutes in a 150 to 200 oven.

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Toast

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Oven

With a hot thin-bladed, sharp knife (heat in hot water or over a burner), cut foie gras across narrow dimension into 1/2-inch-thick slices; wipe knife clean after each cut and heat again.

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Foie Gras

Water

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Knife

Sprinkle slices lightly with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Place a 10- to 12-inch nonstick frying pan over high heat; when it's hot enough for a drop of water to bounce off the surface, quickly lay foie gras slices in pan, filling it without crowding. Cook foie gras just until lightly browned on the bottom, 15 to 45 seconds, then turn slices and brown other sides (interiors will be warm, not hot), 15 to 45 seconds.

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Foie Gras

Water

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Frying Pan

Remove pan from heat, and with a wide spatula, quickly transfer equal portions of foie gras to toast; spoon fat in pan evenly over toast. Ladle ginger sauce equally around portions and garnish with chive spears.

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Foie Gras

Ginger

Chives