Name: Juniper Duck Breast Pastrami
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 4 pounds duck breast, skin scored; 1/4 cupv; 2 teaspoons ground; 2 teaspoons ground; 2 teaspoons brown sugar; 1 tablespoon ground; 1 teaspoon; 1/2 teaspoon; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1/4 teaspoon ground; 1-1/2 tablespoons ground; 2 teaspoons ground; 1-1/2 tablespoons coarsely ground; 1/2 cup honey

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Juniper Duck Breast Pastrami

Make your own pastrami! Easy? Yes. Impressive? Yes. Delicious? YES!!!! This pastrami will bring Pacific Northwest flavors to your charcuterie board and guests clamoring for more.

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and honey. This pastrami has turned many into duck lovers and will be the first to go on your smorgasbord. Use for charcuterie plates, sandwiches and pasta dishes. Tasty cold.

Ingredients

For the Pastrami Cure:

For the Pastrami Rub:

Preparation

For the Pastrami Cure:
For easy scoring of the skin, put duck breasts in the freezer for an hour before you begin. Then, with a sharp knife, cut parallel lines 1/4 inch apart, across the surface of the skin. Be careful not to cut into the meat. Once lines are scored in one direction, turn duck breasts to score lines in the other direction. Your goal is to have a crosshatch pattern of tiny squares cut across the skin.

Combine all of the cure ingredients into a bowl, mixing well. Rub duck breast on both sides with cure, and allow to cure in refrigerator for 3 days on a rack placed over a sheet pan. Leave uncovered to allow air to circulate around the duck breast. As it cures, the liquid from the duck breast will drain into the pan.

After 3 days, rinse the duck breast and pat dry. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.

Combine the rub ingredients together in a bowl, mixing well. Rub in the dry rub mix, then brush the skin with smoked honey. Place the duck breast skin side up on a sheet pan with a baking rack.

Put the duck in the oven and cook for 25 minutes, until the internal temperature reaches 138 degrees. The center should still be pink. Allow the breast to cool completely and thinly slice on a bias.

Note:
For easy basting of the smoked honey, warm it up slightly before brushing on.

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Juniper Duck Breast Pastrami

October 10, 2020 | Brunch, Entrees

Make your own pastrami! Easy? Yes. Impressive? Yes. Delicious? YES!!!! This pastrami will bring Pacific Northwest flavors to your charcuterie board and guests clamoring for more.

Juniper

The taste of juniper berries is fresh and tangy with a strong aroma of pine and citrus, but there is a unique note that defines it. Perhaps most commonly known as the predominant fla...

berries impart sweet, piney flavors with citrus top notes that play perfectly with

Coriander Seed - European

This seed spice has been cultivated since ancient times and comes from the same plant that gives us cilantro leaves. The mellow flavor is smooth and savory, with creamy citrus top no...

. The smoky layers on the crust hint at a campfire flavored with

Alderwood Smoked Salt

This Pacific sea salt has a following!Our new lot is fresh with a smaller grain that sparkles. Cold smoked for 48 hours over red alderwood to create a robust smoked flavor. It can be...

and honey. This pastrami has turned many into duck lovers and will be the first to go on your smorgasbord. Use for charcuterie plates, sandwiches and pasta dishes. Tasty cold.

Jamie Aragonez

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