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Duck Au Vin recipe, eat well on universal credit

The other afternoon after I got back from a short shift we had the usual “What do you fancy for dinner” conversation. But neither of us had a plan. On occasions like this I usually go to the supermarket, find something appealing and we build a recipe around it. But these Duck Legs were clearly mispriced and deserved something a bit special. Even the staff thought the price at £1.75 was wrong, but that’s what the system said, far be it from me to disagree. We had the remains of a bottle of Red Wine from a few months ago when we had a guest. So a bit of Googling and recipe alteration resulted in this!

Ingredients:-

2 Duck Legs
2 Tbsp plain flour (gluten free for us)
1 Tbsp sunflower oil
2 Small Carrots , chopped
1 Onion , chopped
2 Garlic cloves , roughly chopped
½ a Bottle cheap Red Wine
4 Sprigs of Thyme & 2 Bay Leaves
140g Smoked Bacon lardons
120g baby button mushroom
Salt & Pepper to season

Method:-

(1) Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Tip the duck into a large bowl and season. Scatter over the flour and toss until coated. Heat the oil in a large ovenproof casserole dish with a lid and  slowly brown the Duck on all sides. Remove the duck to a plate, then add the carrots, onion and garlic to the dish and cook for 5 mins until just starting to colour.
(2) Nestle the duck amongst the veg and pour over the wine. Add the herbs, season, then bring everything to the boil.
(3) To serve, heat a pan and sizzle the Lardons for 5 mins. Turn up the heat, add the mushrooms and cook for 3-4 mins. Return the duck and sauce to the dish and simmer for 10 mins until the sauce has reduced a little. Serve each person a duck leg with some sauce spooned over.

We served this with Broccoli on a bed of mashed Potatoes. It really didn’t need anything else and was really tender.

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Pork Fillet with Bacon & Mushroom stuffing, eat well on universal credit

When a Fillet of Pork is less than half the price of a Chicken.....

Ingredients:-

1 Pork Fillet, butterflied
100g of Bacon Lardons
5 Mushrooms, finely diced
1 Small Onion, finely diced
3 Cloves of Garlic, minced
2 Tbsp of Parsley, chopped
3 Tbsp of Breadcrumbs (Gluten free for us)
Salt & Pepper to season
The Zest and Juice of a Lemon
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Add Oil to a frying pan and over a medium heat fry the Bacon, until crispy.
(2) Remove and set aside.
(3) In the same pan add the Onions and fry until softened.
(4) Add the Mushrooms & Garlic and season with Salt and Pepper.
(5) Allow to simmer for 5 minutes.
(6) Return the Bacon to the pan and add the Breadcrumbs.
(7) Add the Parsley.
(8) Mix well and then remove from the heat and allow to cool.
(9)  Slice the Fillet lengthways to butterfly, but don’t cut right through.
(10) Hammer out with a Meat hammer so it is thin enough to roll when stuffed.
(11) Spread the stuffing over the Fillet and close. String up so the stuffing remains in the pocket of the meat.
(12) Secure the ends with skewers.
(13) Heat a frying pan heat Oil to a high heat and sear the meat on all sides.
(14) season with Salt & Pepper are brush with Oil.
(15) Add to a baking tray and place in a pre-heated oven at 160c and cook for 20 minutes.
(16) Remove and cover with foil to rest.
(17) Mix the Parsley, Olive Oil, and Lemon.
(18) Drizzle over before slicing into 2cm cuts.

We served ours with Roasted Beetroot, Parsnips, Minted Potatoes and Peas.

 

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