Duck Magret With Bok Choy And Vegetable Fried Rice Recipes

DUCK MAGRET WITH BOK CHOY AND VEGETABLE FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Prick duck skin all over, heat a non stick fry pan, add duck skin side down and cook until skin is browned and crisp (there will be a lot of fat that drains from skin so keep pouring fat out from time to time).
• Preheat oven to 180°C, place duck on wire rack in baking dish skin side up and bake for 20-25 minutes or until cooked as desired, let breast stand for 5 minutes before serving. I like to turn the grill on for the last few minutes of cooking to really crisp up the skin.
• For The Sauce: Combine both sauces in a pan and heat until hot.
• Bok Choy:.
• Cut ends off bok choy and pull leaves apart.
• Heat oil in pan or work add onions, garlic and ginger stir fry a minute, add sugar, soy, turmeric and bok choy stir fry 3-5 minutes until tender; add coriander stir and serve immediately.
• Vegetable Fried Rice:.
• Heat oils in a wok. Add carrot, celery, mushrooms and pepper stir fry 2-3 minutes.
• Add soy sauce, peas, corn, spinach and sugar stir fry a couple minutes more. Finally add rice and stir fry until thoroughly mixed and heated through serve immediately.
• Serve sliced duck breast with bok choy, fried rice and sauce.

DUCK MAGRET WITH A BLUEBERRY PORT SAUCE

Steps:

• Duck Breast.
• Place the duck breast in a container with the garlic, orange zest and thyme. Cover the container and place it in a refrigerator, leave it to infuse for a few hours.
• Cook duck breast skin side down over medium/high heat to render fat and crisp skin. This will take 8-10 minutes, you will have to drain fat periodically as a lot of fat will fill the pan, just be careful. as it is very hot.
• Transfer duck to an oven proof dish, place on a wire rack and cook in 180c oven for 20-25 minutes, this will leave it nice and pink in the middle. I turn the oven, to grill, for the last few minutes to really crisp up the skin, but take your pick I like it this way.
• Blueberry Sauce.
• Heat port, half the berries and redcurrant jelly in a pan. Heat to a medium/high heat and leave to simmer for 8-10 minutes until it reduces to a thin sauce consistency.
• Add a little water to cornflour and add to sauce to thicken slightly, add Dijon mustard and whisk to dissolve.
• Remove from heat and stir in remaining berries and serve immediately.
• Spinach.
• Heat oil in a large pan add onion and garlic, cook until onion softens.
• Melt butter in same pan, add spinach and cook until spinach is soft.
• Rosti Style Potatoes.
• Heat butter in a pan, add onion and garlic and cook until soft, using an absorbent cloth squeeze any excess liquid from potatoes and add to pan, cook until potato is sticky. Remove mixture from pan.
• Using egg rings place mixture inside and cook until browned and crisp on both sides.
• Alternatively I did this last night as I was in a hurry, but it does not make for the best presentation. Just leave potato in pan and stir cooking until crisp, it is a little quicker but potato is in bits rather than a nice shaped ring.
• To Serve: Pour a little sauce on plate, place sliced duck breast on top of sauce, serve spinach and rosti on the side.

STIR-FRY DUCK WITH MUSHROOMS AND BROCCOLINI

Steps:

• Peel skin and fat from duck. Discard or reserve for another use. Slice duck across the grain, 1/2-inch thick. Mix cornstarch, half the sugar, rice vinegar and half the soy sauce in a medium-size bowl. Add duck and turn to coat. Set aside 15 minutes. Mix remaining sugar and soy sauce with oyster sauce and sesame oil.
• Place wok or skillet on high heat, add peanut oil, then duck. Stir-fry one minute. Transfer to a dish. Reduce heat to medium. Add garlic, ginger and peppercorns and stir. Add mushrooms, sprinkle lightly with salt, and stir-fry until wilted and shiny. Add broccolini and stir-fry 2 to 3 minutes, until starting to soften.
• Increase heat and return duck to pan. Stir-fry another minute or so, until duck starts to firm up. Add oyster sauce mixture and stir. Serve with brown rice alongside.