Ingredients
- 1 duck breast (rather round, very thick)
- 350 g of coarse salt
- 40 g of black pepper freshly ground
1- Quickly rinse and carefully dry the duck breast.
2- Make a bed of salt in a container suited to the size of the duck breast.
3- Coat the duck breast with salt, turning it on all sides and pressing it with the palm of your hands. Finish skin side up, well pressed into the salt.
4- Wash your hands: -), cover (with food-grade plastic wrap: -) and leave in the refrigerator for 26 hours.
5- Rinse the duck breast under running water. Dry it very carefully with paper towels.
6- With a skewer, pierce a hole 2 cm from the edge of the thinnest point, and thread a long piece of string through the hole.
7- Discard the brine from the container, wash it and wipe it dry.
8- Spread a generous layer of pepper in the container.
9- Coat the duck breast with pepper on all sides. Add more if necessary.
10- Hang to dry for 15 days in a clean, dry, cool and airy place.
11- Remove excess pepper and slice very thinly just before serving.
Don't remove the skin and fat, that's what the connoisseurs prefer!
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