Glazed Duckling with Mandarins, also called à la Japonaise
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Rouen duckling
- Jelly
- Mandarins
- Duckling livers
- Foie gras
- The juice of the mandarin segments removed
Instructions
- Pot-roast a Rouen duckling and let it cool in its fond.
- When it is quite cold, trim it level, glaze it with jelly and dress it on a low pad set on a long dish.
- Hollow out the mandarins, keeping the segments removed, and fill the skins with a cold Mousse made from duckling livers and foie gras.
- Mould in little dariole moulds a jelly to which the pot-roasting fond and the juice of the removed segments have been added.
- Surround the duckling with the filled mandarins, alternating them with the moulded jellies.