Thursday 9 December 2010

Smoked duck breast filet

Another popular starter we serve to our guests and to ourselves is smoked duck breast  filet, which is layed out on a mixed salad, garnished with blue cheese and pine nuts.

Shopping list
1 Pack of smoked duck breast filet that's a generous starter for 2 persons (don't buy dry duck breast filet, it is very dry)
Mixed or green salad
Blue cheese, like roquefort, blue Auvergne
Pine nuts
Cherry tomatoes to garnish
Olive oil and balsamico vinegar (naturel or orange)

Wash the (mixed) salad, even if it's said that it has been pre-washed, an extra wash is nicer believe me.
Add the dressing to the salad
Put the salad on a plate
On top make layers of the duck breast filet, I prefer to tear off the majority of the  greasy bits but that's down to taste
Cut the blue cheese in cubes and divide it on the plate
Then almost the most important bit, after frying....without oil....the pine nuts, becareful they intent to burn quickly, sprinkle them over the dish
Garnish the plate with cherry tomatoes et voilà!

Pine nuts are expensive but you don't need that many and it really adds taste value to this dish.

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