Red Curry Of Duck & Lychee
Serves 4
Who does't love a Red curry! Rich, sweet slightly salty with a good heat balance. Braised duck and sweet lychee is a meal that will go down well.
Ingredients Needed
Paste
16 Dried long red chillies
- soak over night
pinch of Salt
3 Long red chillies
3 Tablespoon Galangal
4 Tablespoon Lemongrass
4 Tablespoon red shallot
3 Tablespoon garlic
2 Kaffir lime leaves
1 Tablespoon Shrimp paste
1/2 Nutmeg , roasted and ground
3 cloves, roasted and ground
The Duck
1 Duck breast
5 Duck Legs
Handful of salt
duck fat or oil
The Curry
125gm red curry paste
- fresh or shop
250ml Coconut cream
500ml Coconut milk
500ml Chicken stock
2-3 Tablespoon palm sugar
3 Tablespoon fish sauce
6 kaffir lime leaves
4 Long red chillies
1/2 handful Thai Scuds
1 handful Thai Basil
300gm tin lychee or fresh
Preparation
Soak dried chillies in water over night, strain and set aside.
Rub the Duck legs with the salt and allow to cure over night.
Pre heat the oven 180'c. Wash the duck legs and pat dry. Line a deep baking try with baking paper, add the duck legs and cover with the duck fat or oil until completely covered. Cook duck until meat fall off the bone. Take out and cool.
Making the past
Place chillies with salt into a granite mortal and pestle. Pound until smooth.
Add galangal, pound until fine, followed by kaffir lime leaves and lemon grass. This is extremely important to pound all to a smooth paste before adding in any more ingredients.
Once the mixture is smooth, add in the red shallots and garlic, pound until fine. Add in the spices and pound until a smooth consistency. Add shrimp paste. Set aside.
Curry
In a stockpot bring the coconut cream and a little of the Duck fat to the simmer. Add in the kaffir lime leaves and reduce until the cream splits and looks like ricotta cheese. Add in the paste.
Cook the paste for 30 minutes stirring consistently so the paste does not burn. Once the paste smells aromatic add the palm sugar. Caramelise for 10 minutes on low heat. Add the fish sauce. Cook out for 3 minutes. Add coconut milk and chicken stock, bring to the simmer.
Add in the duck, lychee, Thai scuds, Thai basil and taste.
Cook for 10 to 15 minutes. Serve with Jasmine rice
Shop Ingredients
grilled pork skewers
Home / GRILLED PORK SKEWERS
Serves 4 - 6
A little treat for all who love grilled meat. Moo Bping can be found all through out Thailand and is always served with sticky rice and a fiercely spicy dipping sauce of dry roasted chilli called Nahm Prik Jaew. Sweet, sour and a kick in the mouth hot.
Ingredients Needed
1.5 kg pork neck
300gm pork back fat
Marinade
4 tablespoon dark soy sauce
2 tablespoon oyster sauce
4 tablespoon fish sauce
6 tablespoon vegetable oil
6 coriander root
4 teaspoon garlic, sliced
4 tablespoon palm sugar
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
Dipping sauce
300gm pork back fat 2 tablespoon rice powder
Marinade 2 tablespoon chilli flakes
4 tablespoon dark soy sauce 3 fresh red chillies
2 tablespoon oyster sauce 1 Garlic clove
4 tablespoon fish sauce 4 coriander root
6 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 teaspoon palm sugar
6 coriander root 2 tablespoon fish sauce
4 teaspoon garlic, sliced 2 tablespoon lime juice
4 tablespoon palm sugar 2 shallots, sliced
Heat a frying pan to high heat, place chilli flakes, tossing quickly; remove and cool.
In a mortar and pestle pound the garlic, coriander root, fresh chillies to a paste. Add palm sugar, lime juice and fish sauce.
Add the sliced shallots and gentle bruise, add rice powder.
**Soak bamboo skewers overnight**
In a bowl combine the soy, oyster sauce, fish sauce, palm sugar and the oil to make a marinade. Slice the garlic and coriander root, add to the bowl.
Slice the pork neck thinly, around 1cm give or take. Cut the pork fat into 1.5cm cubes. Add to the marinade and allow to soak up overnight.
Next day, take soaked skewers and thread pork onto them, place 1 pork fat cube at the top (no point) end. This helps the pork stay sexy and not dry out.
Grill pork for 20 - 30 minutes allowing the pork to caramelise as this gives the pork that character.
Serve with sticky rice and don't forget the kick in your mouth dipping sauce.