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   Spiced Duck Breasts with Mandarin Oranges and Dates

   I’ll never forget the lecture and meticulous demonstration our instructor gave on the “proper” way to cook a duck breast during the last week of culinary labs before my fellow classmates and I were turned loose to operate our school’s restaurant. With all the pomp and circumstance afforded a chef in a 2-foot-high toque, he went through a completely overwhelming tutorial devised to scare us into thinking duck breast is too challenging for the average human to cook.While the method I learned in culinary school did deliver a beautiful medium-rare breast with a crisp, golden brown crust, achieving that same outcome doesn’t have to be so complicated or intimidating. Pan-searing duck breast, it turns out, is actually a relatively simple process, as long as you follow a few key steps.It’s important to score the skin and fat with a sharp knife before cooking the duck breast. Scoring provides more surface area for the fat to render so the skin crisps and develops a gorgeous deep golden color and crisp texture. It’s also key to let the breast come to room temperature and to start cooking the breast skin side down in a cold pan, both of which help the fat render at just the right pace.Once the fat is mostly rendered and that enviable crust forms, I flip the breast to finish cooking the meat to medium-rare briefly on the other side. What’s left in the pan after the meat is set aside is liquid gold—in the form of duck fat. In this recipe, you’ll use that liquid gold to finish fluffy couscous that’s steamed with orange juice and turmeric, then tossed with dates, almonds and fresh herbs. Consider this a Moroccan twist on duck a l’orange. The duck is seasoned with ras el hanout, a bold spice blend that complements the full-flavored meat. Duck breast may not be your typical weeknight fare, but with this recipe it can be.I often think of a bold yet refined Bordeaux for pairing with duck, but here the Moroccan spices seem to lean toward a more rustic, wild red. I poured an aged Tempranillo from Spain’s Ribera del Duero region—understudy to the more celebrated Rioja—and found the concentrated red-fruit notes balanced by the decent acidity of wines from this region partner nicely.

   Food.com

   Stuffed Tomatoes With Wild Rice, Beef & Mint

   Tomatoes stuffed then baked in the oven. Choose the most flavoursome tomatoes you can lay your hands on and, particularly if making this recipe for guests, for a more attractive presentation, choose tomatoes with stalks, and leave the stalk attached to each tomato. Delicious with your favourite salad. We've enjoyed this dish with a potato salad and salad greens. Adapted from a recipe in a March 2005 issue of the Woolworth's 'Fresh' magazine. You can use other variations of rice if you prefer or a mixed rice. Because tomato sizes are so variable, you may end up with slightly more filling than will fit into the tomato shells, in which case you may score a solo meatball which could be cooked with the stuffed tomatoes (perhaps covered with a small piece of foil). Or do what Sheynath did (see her review) and use the stuffing to stuff a pepper.

   Food Network

   Barbecue Championship Ribs

   The ribs that are prepared for the big cook-offs around the country are quite different than what you would normally cook at home or eat in a restaurant. Over the years of cooking, the barbecue pros have learned that making your ribs a little bit too tender and a little bit too sweet can get you a good score when they are judged.