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Wanted to cook up something special for Father's Day, plus I didn't want to spend my Father's Day weekend doing any 12+ hour cooks (I did ribs the day before for the same reason). The solution: duck pastrami.
Picked up six boneless, skin-on duck breasts from an old school butcher.
Dry cured them for 72 hours, desalinated them for two hours the morning of the cook, put a pretty classic pastrami rub on them, and then smoked in the PBC with some cherry wood chunks for about an hour. Took them up to an internal temp of 160.
Sliced them thin and then it was sandwich time!
Included some thinly sliced half sour pickles that my brother-in-law made, my own pickled onions, and a homemade spicy Russian dressing on pumpernickel. Served with tomato salad, watermelon and feta salad, and a kale and Swiss chard Caesar salad. It was a very happy Father's Day.
If you're looking to make something special that will impress a crowd but don't want to plan ahead weeks in advance to make corned beef before smoking a pastrami for 12+ hours, pastrami duck is a much shorter process and very easy way to show off your skills.
Wanted to cook up something special for Father's Day, plus I didn't want to spend my Father's Day weekend doing any 12+ hour cooks (I did ribs the day before for the same reason). The solution: duck pastrami.
Picked up six boneless, skin-on duck breasts from an old school butcher.
Dry cured them for 72 hours, desalinated them for two hours the morning of the cook, put a pretty classic pastrami rub on them, and then smoked in the PBC with some cherry wood chunks for about an hour. Took them up to an internal temp of 160.
Sliced them thin and then it was sandwich time!
Included some thinly sliced half sour pickles that my brother-in-law made, my own pickled onions, and a homemade spicy Russian dressing on pumpernickel. Served with tomato salad, watermelon and feta salad, and a kale and Swiss chard Caesar salad. It was a very happy Father's Day.
If you're looking to make something special that will impress a crowd but don't want to plan ahead weeks in advance to make corned beef before smoking a pastrami for 12+ hours, pastrami duck is a much shorter process and very easy way to show off your skills.
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