Duck Pastrami Pickled Red Onion Mustard Rye Toast Recipes

EGGS WITH HASH BROWNS, BACON AND RYE TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a sheet pan with a rack.
• Place the bacon on the prepared sheet pan and bake until crispy, 20 minutes. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate and keep warm. Reserve some of the fat for the potatoes.
• While the bacon cooks, fill a medium saucepan with cold water. Add the potatoes and generously season with salt. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer and cook until the potatoes are fork tender, about 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• Add the olive oil to a large saute pan and heat over medium-high heat. Add the onions and salt to taste and saute until soft and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, 2 minutes. Add about 1 tablespoon of the reserved bacon fat, the cherry peppers and cooked potatoes and toss to combine. Season to taste with salt and toss in the chives. Keep the hash browns warm.
• Bring a low shallow pot of water to a simmer. Set up a small ice bath and set aside. Add the vinegar to the simmering water and reduce the heat until the water is just below a simmer and there are barely any bubbles. Crack and gently drop each egg into the water. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, then transfer to the ice bath with a slotted spoon. When ready to serve, dip the eggs back into the warm water for 5 to 10 seconds, remove with a slotted spoon and gently dab on a paper towel to remove any excess water. (Alternatively, serve the eggs right away.)
• Toast the bread in a toaster, then spread with butter. Plate with the eggs, bacon and hash browns. Enjoy!

BRATWURST AND KNOCKWURST WITH RYE TOAST POINTS

Steps:

• In a medium sized pan, bring a pot of water to a boil, add 1 teaspoon of sea salt. Add potatoes and cook for 10 minutes, or until tender. Remove from water and keep warm, keeping the water hot.
• Preheat a grill.
• Poach bratwurst and knockwurst in salted water until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Drain and grill until golden brown and cooked thoroughly, about 10 more minutes.
• Cut the potatoes in halves. In a saute pan, add butter and melt. Add the potatoes and chives and cook until the potatoes are well coated. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Cut crust off rye slices and brush on herb butter. Grill until toasted. Cut into "points" (diagonal slices, like an "M". To assemble plate, place 2 ounces of sauerkraut in center of a plate. Place 4 halved potatoes around and slice bratwurst/knockwurst, arranging with toast points. Serve with mustard.

PASTRAMI SANDWICHES WITH ONION RINGS AND QUICK PICKLES

Steps:

• Combine the salt, granulated sugar, brown sugar, pickling spice, mustard seeds, pink curing salt, garlic and 1 tablespoon coriander in a large pot. Add 3 quarts water. Bring to a simmer and cook to dissolve the sugar and salt. Add 3 quarts cold water. Let cool to room temperature. Add the brisket, then weigh down with a plate and cover the pot. Refrigerate for 3 days. (If your refrigerator is too small to hold the pot, you can cut the brisket in half and refrigerate in 2 smaller containers as well.)
• When you are ready to cook the brisket, preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• Arrange a rack in a roasting pan. Bring a kettle of water to a boil. Coarsely crush the peppercorns and the remaining 1/4 cup coriander seeds in a spice grinder. Pour into a small bowl and stir in the smoked paprika. Remove the meat from the brine and rinse briefly. Pat dry. Pat the spice mixture all over and set the meat in the roasting pan, fat side up. Pour the boiling water in the bottom of the pan (don't let it touch the meat). Cover the roasting pan tightly with foil. Roast until the meat is very tender, about 3 hours. Carefully remove the foil and roast 10 more minutes to dry out the crust slightly.
• Slice the warm pastrami. Serve on rye bread with deli mustard and Onion Rings and Pickles on the side. (This pastrami can also be made ahead. To reheat, thinly slice and set over a steamer, or microwave covered with a damp paper towel.)
• Heat 1 inch oil in a pan to 350 degrees F.
• Set the flour in a bowl, eggs in a second bowl, and combine the panko and regular breadcrumbs in a third. Dredge the onions in the flour first, followed by the eggs and finally the breadcrumbs, then pan-fry until golden brown, a few minutes on each side. Remove to a rack to drain and stay crispy and season with salt.
• Combine the vinegar, salt, mustard seeds, granulated sugar, peppercorns, garlic and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan. Layer the cucumbers, chiles and dill sprigs in a jar or other lidded container. Bring the vinegar mixture to a simmer and stir to dissolve the salt and sugar. Pour over the cucumbers. Let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours. (The pickles will keep a week or more in the refrigerator.)

RYE OMELET WITH DUCK PASTRAMI

Steps:

• Carefully pull at edge of duck skin to find where skin and white fat naturally separate from meat. Continue to pull gently, using a paring knife, to remove skin and fat in one piece. Place skin side down in a medium sauté pan, and place over low heat.
• Let fat render slowly, occasionally draining it off and reserving; this will take about an hour. When skin is shrunken and brown, turn and cook on the fat side. When all fat is rendered, remaining skin will be a thin, caramelized, very dark crackling. Chop into pebble-size pieces.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small sauté pan over medium heat, heat 1 tablespoon reserved fat. Add shallots and thyme, and brown lightly. Add crackling pieces, and sauté until shallots are completely soft, 2 to 3 more minutes. Set aside.
• Cut 12 thin, diagonal slices of duck pastrami, and place in a small baking dish; reserve remaining duck for another use. Place in oven while preparing eggs.
• In a medium nonstick pan over medium-low heat, heat butter until foamy. Whisk eggs until frothy, and pour into pan. Using a wooden spoon, draw eggs in from sides to center in slow, gentle movements. When there are many folds in center and eggs are just wet on top, sprinkle with 1/2 cup crackling-shallot mixture and 1/4 cup rye cracker pieces. Continue cooking without stirring until bottom browns lightly, about 2 minutes.
• To serve, slide omelet onto a cutting board and fold in half. Cut into four pie-shaped slices. Divide among two plates. Remove duck pastrami from oven, and arrange 6 slices on each plate. Serve immediately.