Duck salad for 2 – dating material

We both put on our facebook status ‘having a date’. Both of us cracked up and decided to enjoy ourselves.

My best friend loves duck…or maybe she loves my duck salad more than me…Well I could not help it…

Very easy to do. …here are the ingredients – might have to buy from a western deli:

1. For the duck salad:

Get 2 duck breasts, score on the skin side, marinated with chopped sage, orange zest and the juice of 1 orange, lots of pepper and a swirl of honey to sweeten it a bit. Marinate for at least 30min. Meanwhile you can start to score the orange wedges and arrange the salad, basic lettuce and some iceberg kinds

Grill the duck breast on a griddle pan, skin side down until brown – caramel, depending on taste, I like my duck media rare but dont over cook. 3min on each side, again you can quickly toast the cooked slice breast over high heat in a pan. Arrange the salad and line the breast nicely on top.

2. For the beef lover, try something very simple: mushroom and mascapone cheese sauce

Season the fillet on both side, again like steak cook to your liking, I like it rare so I wont leave it for too long. Can keep warm in the oven aside while the sauce is prepared.

Select a range of wild and exotic mushroom, fry on high heat with chopped garlic and onion, splash with white wine and wait until the wine totally evaporated, pour in the cheese and stir, can loosen it up a bit with stock or simply water. Season to taste and sprinkle flat-leaf parsley on top. I like fennel so I quickly fry it with olive oil not too soft, but still crunchy.

Lay on the bed of fennel, set the steak nice and neat, pour over mushroom sauce and serve immediately.

All over a glass or bottle of wine…2 companion..always work!