African Cuisine!
Republic of Madagascar
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adagascar vanilla beans are considered to be the gold standard for quality vanilla beans in the spice world. The humid, northeast corner of Madagascar, known as the Sava region, produces the majority of the world’s finest vanilla beans. While vanilla growing conditions in Sava, Madagascar are nearly perfect, it is the people of Madagascar that make this regional spice so special. The art of growing and curing quality vanilla beans is completely done by hand.
Duckling Madagascar Style
Vanilla-Fragranced Duckling, Madagascar Style
• Rinse the duckling inside and out, removing the neck, heart, gizzard and liver. Place the “innards” in the bottom of a roasting pan. • Season the duckling with salt and pepper inside and out. Place onion pieces into the duck cavity. Squeeze juice from the orange over the duckling, then put rinds into duck cavity. With a thin knife, cut a slit on each side of the breast and in each leg/thigh, and insert the vanilla bean halves. Put duckling on top of “innards” in roasting pan. • Roast duckling for 15 minutes in a 500 degree oven, then lower oven to 350 degrees and roast until a thermometer inserted into the duckling registers 165 degrees. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 30 minutes. • Remove and discard onion and orange rinds. Using a cleaver, remove the back bone by standing the roasted duck on its neck end and cutting down each side of the back bone. Remove the rib cage and hip bones by slipping your finger tips around them, then lifting up and twisting the bones off the meat. The wing and leg bones remain. • Set innards aside and defat the roasting pan, then deglaze pan with the duck or chicken stock. Bring stock to a boil, adding bones and innards, and reduce stock to 1 cup. Remove the two half beans from the legs of the duckling and add to the cup of reduced stock, then reduce again to ½ cup.
https://vanillaqueen.com/duckling-madagascar-style/
With the infusion of oranges and hint of vanilla, this is a flavorful and delightful way to serve roast duck. Serve with pan fried potatoes or dumplings. Serves 4 Ingredients: • 1 whole fresh duckling • 1 tablespoon kosher salt • 1 teaspoon ground white pepper • 1/2 yellow jumbo onion, split into quarters • 1 orange, cut into four wedges • 2 Rain’s Choice pure Vanilla Beans, split lengthwise • 2 cups duck or chicken stock Directions:
Steak w/Madagascar Sauce https://www.culinarylion.com/steak-madagascar-sauce/
This is the sauce to end all sauces! Madagascar sauce is rich and buttery as well as keto friendly. The green peppercorns add a briny punch and make this the perfect low carb topping to pair with any steak. Cognac and Dijon round out the flavor profile of this sauce balancing the brininess of the peppercorns. Ingredients: • 2 cloves garlic • 2 tbsp shallot
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