For a country that sees a huge variety when it come to food, new explorations or giving a facelift dishes to nothing new. One such meat that’s making waves is the Duck- that’s packed with versatility along with being richer in flavor than chicken or turkey. This bird that rarely tends to be chewy for sure needs much will seasoned hands to play with.
Chef Veena Arora- Chef De Cuisine at The Spice Route, The Imperial who recently launched the ‘Duck Tasting’ believes “ Duck has been my favourite dish as it is nutritious and versatile and I can enjoy it in any form whether in curries or dry roasted, even more during my trips abroad. So my recipes in the Duck Tasting menu made with U.S. Duck features Duck curry, Roasted Duck served with fresh vegetables in rice sheets which is extremely healthy, Duck with rice vermicelli noodles and many more flavourful delights.
Crispy Duck, Pan Roasted Shakarkandi Chaat
Chef Ashish Singh, Corporate Chef, Café Delhi Heights who has designed a special menu this season says “From our Roasted Duck that served with roasted vegetables and mashed potato with your choice of cacciatore or rosemary red wine Jus to the exotic Pasta Pesta Di Aglio Olio E Peperomcino which makes for a brothy Mexican-style jazzed up by the addition of roasted Duck in winter green vegetables and the Warm Winter Greens Duck Pizza which is pretty unique topped with bell peppers, grilled spinach, mushrooms, green onions, green-peas, carrot, broccoli & beans
This bird can be an absolute game change when it comes to exotic meats and with the festive season most hotels seem to have it on the menu. Mr Subhadeep Dutta , General Manager, Goldfinch Hotel Mumbai “With time people have become experimental and Mumbai having a cosmopolitan culture people look out for something new always. So we decided to have duck as great alternate for Chicken. Rendering of meat need lots of concentration and car. We make these duck special curries and other southern dishes on Christmas time, thus we receive lots of order for duck during this time”
For that quick trivia In China, duck signifies freedom, happiness and fidelity.
