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Duck pot au feu with hazelnut vinaigrette and purple mustard from New York City's L'Absinthe restaurant

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French Chef Jean Michel Bergougnoux from New York City's L'Absinthe restaurant whips up a traditional cold weather french dish, pot au feu (pot of fire). But instead of making it with the traditional beef, carrots and potatoes, he uses duck, bok choy, salsifis and beets. Here's the recipe:

Duck pot au feu, hazelnut vinaigrette, and purple mustard
Jean Michel Bergougnoux, L'Absinthe, New York City

Serves 6

INGREDIENTS

2 peking ducks
2.5 quarts of white chicken stock
1 garlic head cut in half
6 big shallots sliced
1 bouquet garnit
2 tablespoon of crushed pepper corn (butcher pepper)
1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil
1cup of sea salt

Garniture

12 pieces of red candy beets
12 pieces of yellow candy beets
3 pieces of bokchoy
3 pieces of salsifis
12 pieces of baby carrots
1 cup of israeli pearl pasta
1 cup of purple mustard
1 bunch of chives

Vinaigrette

1 cup of hazelnut oil
4 ounces of sherry vinegar
1 shallot
3 tablespoons of warm white wine

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DIRECTIONS

Preparing the duck
The day before cooking, butcher the duck, separating legs and breasts off the carcass, and remove the bone off the tight, trim extra skin to limit the amount of fat, then rub the meat with salt, pepper,garlic, add sliced shallots and bouquet garnit. Toss together, marinate over night.

Before cooking, brush the meat to remove extra salt and pepper, save all the aromatique garniture.

In a large flat skillet, on a medium heat, heat up olive oil. Sear all duck’s pieces, skin side first,(enough to render the fat) with a light coloration on both side. Add the aromatique garniture, sweat together for 1 minute and pour the white chicken stock on top, just enough to cover the meat. Bring to boil, cover with a lid and simer at medium heat for about 2 hours. When fully cooked and tender, reserve on the side until served.

Preparing the garniture
Peel with a small paring knife or vegetable peeler the beets and the salsifis, wash in cold water.

Trim the bokchoy, keep it about 4”l ong, cut in half-lengthwise, cook in salty water until tender, then cool down in cold water.

In a two different little skillets, cover the beets with liquid from duck broth and cook until tender.

Cut salsifis into 12 equal pieces and cook the same way as the beets.

In a small skillet, cook the israeli pearl pasta with duck broth and reserve.

Vinaigrette
In a bowl wisk together vinaigrette ingredients

Finishing plates
Remove duck parts from the broth; dispatch them on large soup plate.

Strain all vegetables included pasta and dispatch around duck pieces.

Put a teaspoon purple  mustard on each piece of meat.

Pour vinaigrette on top of vegetables.

Serve very hot.

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