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28/08/2008 09:39

I've got duck breasts..

... well not me personally but I fancy cooking them tonight. Has anyone got a tried and tested recipe? I usually just start them in the frying pan and then put them in the oven. Delicious but a bit boring.

Any ideas?

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28/08/2008 09:41

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I'm still laughing at the title to the point I have tears rolling down my face. No sensible answer though I'm afraid.

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28/08/2008 09:45

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Like BB I laughed and my thought was lucky you!!!
Can't cook never could but looking forward to what the answer to your question is!
Lynn

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28/08/2008 09:46

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Thanks Butterflyblue! I know some women use 'chicken fillets' in their bra but having two duck breasts is an entirely different thing altogether!

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28/08/2008 09:49

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Oh I don't know we could start a new trend MT but would you call them Donald and Daisy.

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28/08/2008 09:54

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I couldn't decide if they'd be soft and fluffy or large and round - but you made me laugh!

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28/08/2008 09:57

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Mangetout - I'm so sorry to hear of your unusual condition - you have my sincere condolences...

ejxx

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28/08/2008 10:03

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What a funny lot we are,I laughed out loud at the title too!!Suee xxx

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28/08/2008 10:06

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I'm quacking up!
groan!
Seriously have you tried taking off the skin and marinading them in a terriyaki sauce? delicious with stirfried veg and noodles.

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28/08/2008 10:33

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You women have no sense of decorum! This is a food and home thread not a smutty thread! Stop looking for smut where none exists.

Back to the topic. I have two plump duck breasts and my OH loves them but I would like to do something a little different with them. ;-)

What do you serve with yours? Do you add sauce? I like to do saute potatoes and green beans. Any other ideas. Keep it clean, girls, please!

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28/08/2008 10:34

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Dear Mangetout,

I am so sorry to hear of your most unusual condition,but I am sure it is nothing to get in a 'flap' about. So let's not be 'down' about it or you will drive yourself 'quackers'

How about this recipe.

STIR-FRIED DUCK WITH CHINES NOODLES.

Prep time:40 mins
Cooking time:15 mins
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1 egg white,size 2,lightly beaten
3 tablespooons of dry sherry or white wine
5 " " vegetable oil
4 level teaspoons cornflour
1/4 level teaspoon salt (optional)
Duck Breasts,skinned and cut into strips
150 ml chicken stock
3 tablespoons soy sauce
6 Spring Onions,trimmed and thinly sliced diagonally
1 level tablespoon peeled and grated ginger
2 cloves of garlic
115g of button mushrooms,thinly sliced
3 medium carrots peeled nd cut into matchstick strips
225g broccoli florest
1/8 level tesaspoon crushed chillies
225g fine Chinese egg noodles
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1 spring onion,trimmed,and fresh coriander leaves to garnish.

1) Mix together the egg white,1 tablespoon each of the sherry/wine,and vegetable oil.1teaspoon of the cornflour and half the salt in a bowl. Add the duck strips,cover and leave tostand for 20 minutes,stirring occasionally.

2)Mix together the stock,soy sauce and the remaining sherry/wine and cornflour in a small bowl and set aside.

3)Heat 3 tablespoons of the remaining vegetable oil in a wok or large frying pan and stir-fry the duck strips in it over a high heat for 3 minutes. Set aside on a plate.

4)Heat the remaining vegetable oil for 1 minute and stir-fry the spring onions,ginger and garlic in it for 30 seconds.Add the mushrooms,carrots,broccoli,crushed chillies and the rest of the salt.and stir-fry for 1 minute. Pour in the stock mixture and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat,cover and simmer for 2 minustes.

5)Meanwhile.cook the egg noodles. Put the duck back in the wok or pan and heat through for 2 minutes then stir in 1 tablespoon of the sesame oil.

6)Drain the noodles and toss the remaining sesame oil.
Arrange the noodles on a large heated serving dish and spoon the mixture on top. Garnish with the spring onions and coriander leaves,Serve immediately with French bread.

Tried and Tested many times to great satisfaction.

Enjoy.

Annemari x

P.S.Later relax in the nearest pond with another glass of wine.

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28/08/2008 10:48

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If you are just happy to pan fry them , try mixing some redcurrant jelly, a little port and some tabasco. Heat through and reduce down to a thickish sauce . Serve over the duck with baby roast potatoes and green veg of your choice

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28/08/2008 10:51

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Mmmm. Two good ideas already, thanks.

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28/08/2008 11:14

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Poor you I thought when I read the title!! LOL.I fry mine first,amazing how much fat comes out.Slash the skin first.Then I put in oven for about 10-15 mins only.I like a citrus sauce made with a good marmalade,squeeze of lemon juice,drop of red wine,thicken perhaps with a little cornflour,little orange zest if you want.Any thing but the kitchen sink for me!!!! Inaccurate science but it usually works.Can smell it now.Is 3 a crowd?? merc.x

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28/08/2008 11:25

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I always knew you had Mange!

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28/08/2008 11:27

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I haven't got a clue how to cook duck breasts but am sure I will after this post, thanks Mange!LOL x

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28/08/2008 11:55

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Snowy,How long has MT had mange????

YEUK!

Get her to a vet quick somebody.

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28/08/2008 14:29

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Do you think she could have caught it from the duck breasts?

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28/08/2008 14:47

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I'm sure they're not as bad as all that

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28/08/2008 15:53

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Annemarie, longer than she would care to admit !!!

I'd keep her at arms length if I was you!!

Snowy xx

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28/08/2008 16:09

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Here I am, busily working away, doing my accounts, thinking about what to give my beloved for dinner, little knowing that there is a whole cyber discussion going on about my duck breasts and whether or not I have got mange!

Methinks I'll just pop back to the forum to see if anyone has left me any more delicious recipe ideas... and have they? No. Just rude comments. I might have known it would be that Snowy person. She deliberately comes on here to unsettle me. Look at me, see how unsettled I look.

Oops, got to go. A PM just arrived. My first. How exciting!

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28/08/2008 16:14

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Quote:

Oops, got to go. A PM just arrived. My first. How exciting!

Nothing important. Just someone asking for my autograph again.

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28/08/2008 16:35

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MangeTout, here is my favorite recipe for duck breast.

for 1 portion:

You will need at least 3 diferent kinds of vinegar, red wine and balsamic are the basic ones, choose a 3rd one, whatever you have in the cupboard, (raspberry vinegar or xeres or maybe just a touch of port if you have no other type of vinegar )

1 tsp of honey

Preheat oven to 200�.
In a non stick pan, fry the breast skin side down 1st for about 5mn then briefly turn over and fry for 2mn.
Place in an ovenproof dish and bake 15mn for medium / pink meat.
Meanwhile discard the fat ( or use to fry some potaotes ) add 2 or 3 TBspoons of each vinegar , reduce on low heat (or heat turned off if you use a hotplate) until sirupy , add the honey.
When the breast is cooked let it rest on a metal grille for at least 5mn, add the juices that came out of the meat to the vinegar sauce.
Slice the duck and drizzle the sauce over it.
If you feel there is not enough sauce just add proportionnally more of the vinegars.

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28/08/2008 18:23

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You women have no sense of decorum! This is a food and home thread not a smutty thread! Stop looking for smut where none exists.

Miss Pot meet Mrs Kettle.

Whatever you do with them, I do hope your OH enjoys getting his teeth into them tonight. Bon Appetit!

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28/08/2008 18:55

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Make crispy duck with pancakes........you know how much you like it

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28/08/2008 19:45

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Oh, for shame!

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