duck cassoulet

11-22-2018 Thu. cold 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee and Irish cream  | homemade orange dates bread | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | candied fresh cranberries  
DINNER ---   wine | duck confit and sausage cassoulet | steamed and fried Brussels sprouts | simmered Japanese squash | homemade apple pie 

• long cooking process for the cassoulet. beans socked 12h,  cooked with vegetables+ herbs broth  for 2h. duck confit salt cured for 2 days, low  temperature baking in fat (uncovered, 170d ) for 8 h. final assemble with layers of fried bacon, sausage, beans, duck, herb, vegetable bean broth+sofrito+mustard,  bake uncovered 350d for 2 h.  

twice-cooked duck and beans

3-30-2015 Mon. chilly, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- pizza
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | apple
DINNER ---  sauteed asparagus |  duck and black bean stew | toast with sofrito and cheese | wine 

 

• twice-cooked duck bean stew taste better the second time 

cassoulet, on the dark side

3-06-2015 Fri. cold, sunny.  


 BREAKFAST --- coffee | scallion pancake | apple 
 LUNCH --- ji-cai wonton soup 
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | homemade no-knead bread
 DINNER --- duck leg and black bean cassoulet | sauteed mustard greens | vegetable and short rib soup |  wine 

• no-knead bread has the biggest hole inside ever. 
• black beans are creamy and as dark as squid ink