Duck Satan

Post by **peter** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:27 am

I've tried this method of producing a duck satay a few times now and it seems to work pretty well; [serves two].

Score a couple of duck breasts in 'diamond' [ie crosshatch] scoring being carefull not to cut into the flesh but to cut the skin fairly well.

Mix some honey [say a tablespoon] and light soy sauce in a bowl [pretty much to taste really - I veer to the honey side coz I have a sweet tooth] and add a few chille flakes.

Place duck breasts on a plate and paint/pour your mix over the skin [nb it doesn't need to swim in it since the honey will pretty stick it to the surface] using the back of a spoon to rub it into the score marks.

Now spread each breast with some crunchy peanut butter - say a teaspoon per breast, enough so you can see it but still see the skin.

Leave to marinate for 5 hours minimum then place the breasts into a glass dish pouring any runoff juices over them. Season with salt and black pepper [maybe a few chille flakes] and cook at gas mark 5 for half an hour.

Pour off juices into a glass and leave to settle. Return the breasts to the oven for a further 15 mins or untill you are happy they are cooked then rest for 5 mins and slice onto a plate.

Sepparate off the fat from the 'liquer' in the glass then use the latter as a seasoning sauce over the sliced duck breast.

Good serving accompaniements are a mix of chopped shallot, cucumber and spring onion that has been pickled in white wine vinigar for half an hour [cuts well through the rich duck] and a spoonfull of sweet chille sauce on the side.

Post by **Vader** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:55 pm

A yummy recipe. Honey and chilli always go well together. I have one remark to make however - as far as I understand "satay" always is meat grilled on (wooden) skewers.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:34 pm

A question from a non-European:

What does "cook at gas mark 5" translate to in Fahrenheit?

Post by **Vader** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:50 pm

Google says "375 F".

Post by **Frostheart Grueburn** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:52 pm

I keep reading the title as "Duck Satan".
Thank you for that mental image.

Post by **wayfriend** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:56 pm

Now stop derailing poor peter's thread!

Post by **Savor Dam** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:28 pm

I got your gas mark 5 right here!

Post by **peter** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:27 am

Absolutely correct Vader - I'd forgotten that the 'satay' refered to the wooden skewer rather than the peanut coating.

[.....did someone say 'poor peter's fred'. Well I'm poor - but who's fred?

]

[Frosty - have you been listening to that 'thrash metal' again?

]

Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:19 am

I like that wee ickle evil tail emerging from its plumage.

peter wrote: [Frosty - have you been listening to that 'thrash metal' again? ]

No. Devilducks quack in a genre called pagan black troll metal from Norway.
youtu.be/6pvbGdUh9Lg?t=1m32s

Demean not our cultural phenomena. This was for instance composed around the classical poetry of Yrjö Koskinen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxqhV6Lx_uo

[ETA: I hit the milestone of 1666 posts with this! How appropriate.]

Post by **peter** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:31 pm

Peters first experience of death-metal left him a little

Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:54 pm

Was that the Korpiklaani song about drunken copulation I posted as a jest to that one Covenant thread?

While I peruse the realms of metal in pursuit of something less traumatic for peter to listen to, one ought to consider re-naming the thread Duck Satan -- The Death Metal Fowl and relocating it to the Inferno forum.

Post by **Frostheart Grueburn** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:51 pm

I found some tame metal songs for you.

Give these a listen a let me know if you managed to recover from your trauma. No blackened death pagan growls and aarghs!
kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=983371#983371

PS. I don't listen to trash metal at all. Not my genre.
PS2: In case it wasn't clear: Trollfest parodizes Finntroll, which mocks traditional Norwegian black metal. A double case; you'll have to speak one of the Nordic languages to comprehend the lyrics, and they have more than once reduced me into a helpless heap of horselaughter.

Post by **peter** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:30 am

Thread re-named as requested - and rightfully so as it wasn't a 'satay' recipie at all. Can I suggest the substitution of normal household chili flakes with the u-morok or 'ghost' chili which is 900 times hotter than tabasco sauce in order to render the dish worthy of it's new name! [

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I got that there was some kind of parody thing going on Frosty, with the 'duck' sounds etc - but actually really liked the song! [and the second one as well.] I first came across that sort of deep 'unholy' growling of lyrics in the band 'Fields of the Nephilim' [later just the Nephilim] in what - the 1990's and I must say I've always rather liked it as a means of delivery.

[I wish I could do that 'link' thing, but every time I try it never seems to allow the recipient to play the linked youtube vid. In the absence of this luxury, if you've never heard the song 'Fast Gun' by the band Pavlovs Dog give it a search. It's old but still hits the spot!]

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:31 am

Fast Gun

Will play an ad first, but video should play once you can click on skip ad.

Post by **Savor Dam** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:16 am

Who but our Gracious Concierge would supply that link? Even though she is mod of the Galley, she encourages this drift in what was once a recipe and technique thread.

Ah well...she is also well placed in The Holy Order of Off-Topic Posters. Watch, she will probably respond with an emote that is a visual onomatopoeia for THOOOTP.

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 6:42 am

Post by **peter** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:17 am

How can something be '900 times hotter than Tabasco sauce' other than just as some kind of measurement of the stuff that makes chile's hot; I mean how could your taste-buds even have that high a setting?

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