DUCK PASTILLA (MIDDLE EAST)
- 1/2 duck
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 phyllo dough
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 onions (finely chopped)
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 4 finely cut ginger
- 3 spring onions
- 1/2 fresh chili pepper
- 4 sprigs of parsley
- 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar
- 0,55 lb of filet almonds
- 1 glass of vegetable juice
- 2 tablespoons of cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- Powdered sugar
- Freshly ground black pepper
- cinnamon powder
Wash and dry the duck meat. After
adding pepper and salt on it, break it into bones.
Put the ducks in a pressure
cooker and fry them in a little olive oil.
Add garlic, onion, powdered
turmeric, fresh ginger, cumin, cinnamon and powdered coriander and mix.
Deglaze with verjuice vinegar and
granulated sugar. Add the vegetable broth and cook in pressure cooker until it
becomes thick enough to separate from the bone.
If you cook in a regular pot for
50 minutes. Collect any oil that occasionally rises to the top.
After draining the stock, set the
onions aside. Separate the meat from the bones and shred large pieces.
Cook the stock and reduce by 2/3.
Clean up the parts and oils that come up.
Get a glass from stock. After
whisking with 3 egg yolks, add this back to the pot.
Cook on low heat until stock semi
fluid consistency.
Mix with finely chopped parsley,
scallions, cooked onions and chili peppers.
Add black pepper and salt and
chill in the refrigerator until thickened.
Heat the olive oil and fry the
almonds until golden brown.
When the almonds change color,
put them on a paper towel and drain the oil.
Melt the butter and grease the
baklava phyllo with a brush.
Cut the phyllo sheets to 3,93 inc
from the baking tray.
Put the almond-duck mixture in
the middle and fold the outside dough inwards.
After oiling the edges, drizzle
the remaining oil over the dough.
Bake in a preheated 392 degree
oven for 15 minutes. After cooking, turn it upside down and place it on a
serving plate.
Mix the cinnamon and powdered
sugar and sprinkle over the dough.
ENJOY YOUR MEAL