It’s been a while since I’ve cooked and eaten duck breast. When I searched my photo library, the last entry was from July 2022.

Three and a half years feels like a long time.

What have I been watching?

I recently cancelled some streaming subscriptions to save money. I kept Paramount+ for all the Star Trek and for shows like Tulsa King and Hawaii Five-0.

Did you know?

Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (deceased) are executive producers/developers for Star Trek and Hawaii Five-0! That is awesome.
Peter Weller, the actor, also directed episodes of Hawaii Five-0 and Star Trek: Enterprise. He also had a lead acting role in one of the Jar Jar Kelvin Timeline productions of Star Trek (Into Darkness).

Recipe

Ingredients

• Duck breast
• Avocado
• Fig
• Sourdough bread

Equipment

• Water bath
• Precision cooker
• Barbecue grill

Instructions

1. Dry brine the duck breast.
2. Cook the breast at 58 °C for 70 minutes.
3. Sear the skin on a hot cast-iron flat top.
4. Sear the halved fig (cut side down) on a hot cast-iron flat top.
5. Toast the sourdough on a hot cast-iron flat top in the beef and rendered duck fat.
6. Mash an avocado cheek with lime juice, then spread it on the toast.

Photographs

Thoughts on the meal

While I don’t eat a lot of poultry these days, I did enjoy this duck breast. It was cooked to a medium rare doneness and was as tender as a piece of eye fillet.

The mashed avocado on the fried sourdough along with the fig would be great for breakfast as well as accompanying the duck breast.

Morning tea

It was a warm morning, so I went to a bakery and bought a slice of lemon and lime cheesecake. It was deliciously refreshing and paired nicely with a cup of coffee.