Just Like Mom Used To Make

[Foie Gras]

Well not exactly......
Duck meatloaf with parsnips and wild mushrooms, steamed broccoli, smashed new potatoes, duck and wild mushroom jus.
Nothing too fancy, just a little something new with a few of the birds from out west.

[Scruggz]

How did you make that jus??? Looks delicious...

[MacDog]

Very nice

[MKW]

Damn, that looks fit to eat!

[hunting_jim]

Looks good.

[Foie Gras]

How did you make that jus??? Looks delicious...

Jus was kind of a relative term. Sautéed some of the mushrooms in the drippings from the meatloaf. Added a little beef stock and cream and reduced. Finished with some thyme and rosemary.

[marsh chicken]

Care to share the meatloaf recipe?

[Foie Gras]

The "recipe" was somewhat off the cuff. If I had it to do again I would change it. First off, I had to use some pork/veal as filler as I did not have a ton of duck to use. Not a big deal, but I would like to do one with more duck. This one was 2 mallards and a widgeon mixed with a half pound or so of pork and veal. I ran a big parsnip, a sweet onion, 3 or 4 cloves of garlic, a stalk of celery and a pack of wild mushroom mix through the food processor and sautéed it down with a healthy dose of duck fat. Some fresh thyme and rosemary went into the mix along with some Panko a few eggs Worcestershire salt and pepper and it went into the loaf pan and cooked for about an hour and a half. I'm going to do it again and it will be tweeked. Just finished a slice cold. It was good that way too.

[Highstrung]

I like it. I haven't done one in a couple years with game, my last was a mesh of duck and deer I think. I went the similar way with the mushrooms and did some sort of marsala sauce.

[fuzzy]

Looks good. How long did it take, and how "labor" intensive was it. I've never done one with duck. I might consider making one for our upcoming wildgame supper, if I end up with enough birds.

[ManvsDuck]

Looks good Russell

[Foie Gras]

Looks good. How long did it take, and how "labor" intensive was it. I've never done one with duck. I might consider making one for our upcoming wildgame supper, if I end up with enough birds.

Not too labor intensive. I have a grinding attachment for the Kitchen Aid and one of them Ninja food processors that my wife had to have and never uses but its actually a pretty decent little gadget. The longest part was sweating all of the veg down in order to extract as much flavor as possible. I would say be careful to not work the mix too much as I would think it would become rubber especially with more duck than I used. Also, with a majority duck mix you would need to grind in some fat with it.

[2thDoc]

I see your plating still sucks


just had to pick on you.

parsnips are so 2015....

[Rebelyeller]

Lord yes !! That looks on time !!

[Moonlight Hunter]

Not too labor intensive. I have a grinding attachment for the Kitchen Aid and one of them Ninja food processors that my wife had to have and never uses but its actually a pretty decent little gadget. The longest part was sweating all of the veg down in order to extract as much flavor as possible. I would say be careful to not work the mix too much as I would think it would become rubber especially with more duck than I used. Also, with a majority duck mix you would need to grind in some fat with it.

I would also be worried about the texture of the duck. Overcooked duck is just nasty.

If I ever tried to do it, I would probably put the hamburger in the pan first, with enough room in the middle to fill the center with the ground duck, then a layer of hamburger on top. Cook to medium rare.

Thanks for the write up, it looks good.

[marsh chicken]

I'm going to try it tonight. Thanks for the help.