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Pastrami of Foie Gras

This is yet another replica of a dish by a great Chef - Debbie Gold/The American Restaurant in Kansas City, MO. Some meals and restaurants are close, yet the seem so far... This Chef and her restaurant are just an arm's length away, I've been told. Not sure when there is a chance, but I am enormously excited about trying the food of The American Restaurant.

Also, and as always, there are some credits due: Many Thanks to the Ulterior Epicure for sharing original Foie Pastrami pictures and his insight, as well as the entire American Restaurant photo collection.

Few details:

Foie is Hudson Valley Foie Gras, cured for 18 hours in salt/Lyle's Golden Syrup/curing mix brine with pickling spice I traditionally use to prepare Corned Kobe Beef brisket, and then flash smoked over oak and cherry sawdust.

Disclaimer: original preparation seem to be considerably more refined - my guess they separate the lobes into smaller pieces, cure those,then put them through a tamis, and reshape the liver in a terrine mold, but I may be wrong. Anyway, I want to preserve the natural shape and feel of foie gras.
Also, I went for a pretty coarse pastrami spice spice, whereas Chef Gold seem to have chosen a finer grind.

Kumquat/Pink Grapefruit marmelade was made with two principal ingredients with 4 whole cloves (ground cloves would be completely overpowering) and touch of Berbere African spice ( chilli, ginger, coriander, fenugreek, cardamom and many others, with predominance of chillies).

Chocolate Sauce - made with 70% chocolate, cream, butter and a touch of glucose for extra viscosity.

Caraway crackers - home-made crisps crisps with roasted caraway.

Overall, this is a phenomenal dish - will make again anytime.

Taken on: April 3, 2007

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