At the end of the movie, Julie makes the deboned duck, stuffed and encased in pastry - what happens to all the raw duck fat and the skin? I'll go home and read the recipe, but I'm curious if anyone's made it, and how it turned out. TIA.
By Claudette
on Aug 17, 2009 11:30 AM
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Some folks at the Boston Globe tried the recipe saying, " it’s really just fancy meatloaf, featuring an amount of fat that’s almost cruel"
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/...
If you try it, please do report back! (There's a link to the recipe, too.
)~TDQ
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Dairy Queen - I'd love to do it out of curiosity, but maybe jeniyo will do it for us and report! I'm Chinese, and since Peking Duck is my gold standard, I'm hesitant to spend that much time, effort, and money on something that should theoretically be swimming in fat and flabby skin. I've cooked BBQ duck and Beef Wellington, and this version of their bastard child makes me uneasy.
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i just saw the movie last night and i have to say, that is one of the neatest things i've ever seen. why not wrap your meat loaf in a meaty fatty fuck and wrap that in a buttery pastry crust!? my doctor will not be happy but it must be good- considering the layers of texture and moisture and flavor the stuffing retains from the duck.
this will be my project, as soon as the weather cools down and friends are in need of their winter "coat" =)
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nice typo!
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ha! thanks guys... once again, Jeni trips on her own foot! =)
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Whoa!!! This is a family board!!! LOL!
It is basically a coarse ground duck pate inside a deboned duck and then wrapped in a buttery pastry crust ~ what's not to like??! I haven't looked at the original recipe, just read the link by DQ, but I get the feeling Julia's got it figured out re: the flabby duck skin.
I say, Go for it, Jeniyo, and let us all know!!
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The stuffed duck is browned and cooled before the pastry is applied, so at least some of the fat has been rendered. Still, though, it can;t possibly have the shatteringly crisp skin that is a duck's main appeal.
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The jfoods saw J&J (jfood thought it was cute) after the Time Traveller's Wife (total crap) and when Julie served the duck, jfood leaned over and whispered into Mrs Jfood's ear, "you know I have to make it now." When he arrived home he looked through MTAOFC and the recipe is pages long, yup pages. Maybe when the first snow is due and some Onion Soup or Bolognese is simmering so jfood is en-casa, he will make the duck en-croute.
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Funny, that was the recipe I was out last night saying I had to make. Is there going to be a nation-wide run on ducks now?
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good thing my sis is raising 7 or 8 Muscovy ducks for the winter for us.. we're totally set!
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Lucky you!! Hey, Everyone! Duck en croute at jeniyo's house this winter!!!
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I can't wait for my invite to dinner, or, at least her (or jfood's) report on how it turns out. Photos, please! Bonne chance!
~TDQ
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