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Drain the liquid from the cucumber and top with chili dressing. Bring to the boil and simmer for. Easy smashed cucumber for hot summer day.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have duckstrami with smashed cucumbers using 16 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Duckstrami with Smashed Cucumbers:
- Get 2 duck breasts, skin on
- Prepare 20 g/¾oz fine sea salt
- Prepare 2 tsp soft dark brown sugar
- Make ready 1 tbsp garlic powder
- Get 4 juniper berries, ground
- Make ready 2 bay leaves, finely crushed
- Get 2 tsp ground coriander
- Make ready 1 tsp paprika
- Make ready 1 tsp mixed spice
- Take 1 tsp cracked black pepper
- Take 4 spring onions, trimmed and cut diagonally, to garnish
- Prepare steamed jasmine or long-grain rice, to serve
- Take for the rub
- Prepare 2 tsp coriander seeds, toasted and crushed
- Prepare 2 tsp cracked black pepper
- Take vegetable oil, for brushing
Chop into bite-sized pieces and transfer to a bowl. Whisk the remaining ingredients together in a bowl. Drain the liquid from the cucumber and top with chili dressing. To serve, slice the duck breasts.
Instructions to make Duckstrami with Smashed Cucumbers:
- To make the duck, score the duck skin in a crosshatch pattern. Combine all of the remaining ingredients in a bowl and rub all over the duck. Place in the fridge for 24 hours.
- To make the pastrami rub, mix together the coriander seeds and pepper. Remove the duck from the fridge, take out of the bowl, wash off and pat dry with kitchen towels. Brush the meat side of the duck with a little vegetable oil and generously apply half of the pastrami rub. Heat a dry frying pan over a medium–hot heat, cook the duck skin-side down for 3 minutes and then sear the other side for 2 minutes, or until cooked to your liking. Leave to rest.
- To serve, slice the duck breasts, Garnish with the spring onions and remaining pastrami rub and serve with the steamed rice
Place the cucumbers on a serving platter and top with the duck. Smashed cucumbers release different flavor compounds. Chef John's salad is a great summer side dish and pairs perfectly with grilled meat or seafood. I saw this on Saturday Kitchen Live when Sam. Using a meat mallet or rolling pin, smash the cucumbers, then slice into bite-size pieces and transfer to a large bowl.
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