We just hopped on the Instant Pot bandwagon recently, and last week we tried a pot roast in it yum! This week, I decided to defrost some of our homestead special- muscovy duck breasts- and give that a whirl in the Insta
BACKSTORY: We live on a little farmette, with our dog, cat, chickens, and these beaux (beautiful) ducks!
We have had our muscovies for three-ish years now. The ladies are really good nesters early summer and always find a way to sneak off in the yard, make a nest, lay about 20-ish eggs, and then hatch them. This makes for some interesting surprises every summer, as we see a baby duck parade usually mid-July. Theyre cute and cuddly, then they grow up, and the males tend to be trs excit (very, um, excited) to procreate. Thats when Chou chou comes in he helps pare down the flock, choosing males to butcher and place in the freezer. Long story short, we have about five pairs of duck breasts packaged in the freezer. They tend to stay in the freezer, because I have yet to figure out a way to cook them well.
Between the Instant Pot acquisition and a new recipe I found, I am no longer afraid to cook duck. The recipe is for Duck Confit, and I love this post in particular because it talks about how you can use the Instant Pot to your advantage to make better meals quicker. I love the reasoning behind Clarks recipe book:
In this book, I focus on the machines strengths, writing not about what youcanmake in it, but what youshouldmake because the electric pressure cooker does it betterfaster, or more flavorfully, or with less mess and/or stress.
From Melissa Clarks book Dinner in an Instant
As per the usual, I didnt follow the exact directions I had duck breasts which I used instead of the duck legs. When I plated the duck and we ate it last night, Chou chou said it was the most tender hed ever tried. He was super impressed, and Mon Cur kept saying, More duck. Oh it made my heart sing, and made me so happy to know that Ive found a recipe for duck now!
Do you have a tried and true duck recipe you want to share?
