Ingredients for California Farm Duck Country Pate
- 1 young 5 pound duck, roasted
- 1 cup duck skin and scraped meat
- 1 cup molten duck fat
- 1 duck liver
- 1 cup chicken livers
- 2 shallots, chopped
- 2 hardneck peeled garlic cloves, chopped
- 1/2 Tsp flaked seasalt
- 2 Tbs California Brandy, or Masala or Sherry wine
- 8 thin slices fresh bacon
- Equipment: roasting tray, sausage grinder, breadform
- Cost: duck 1 pound $3.50, brandy, shallots, garlic 50 cents, bacon 40 cents, 1 pound for $4.90
Cooking Instructions for making California Farm Duck Country Pate
Wash, dry, roast unseasoned whole duck in 350F degree oven, breasts down, 60 minutes. Flip, roast breasts up till golden, 30 minutes. Pour off the molten duck fat. Makes about one cup. Cool.
Remove fatty crispy skin, scrape meat from neck bone and duck carcass with fork. Makes about one cup.
Skin and remove breasts and legs for duck dinners.
Set carcass aside to make duck pho soup dinner.
California Farm Vietnamese Duck Pho soup dinner
Sautee chopped shallots with duck and chicken livers in 4 Tbs duck fat. Grind in sausage grinder with coarse plate with duck skin, scraped off meat, pepper, salt, brandy or wine. Taste, adjust seasoning to your liking. Line breadform with thin sliced bacon, fill with pate, cover with bacon, wrap in foil, place in oven, bake 30 minutes. Pour hot molten duck fat on top to create a cap, cool.
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