16.12.2022
Hotel Casa da Amieira
Pairing de Natal com Quinta da Alorna Reserva
Duck Leg Confit with Mushroom Rice and Savory Vegetables – Perfect combination with Touringa Nacional and Cabernet Sauvignon
- Soak the duck legs in lard – completely covered – and cook over low heat for around 3 hours.
- When cooked, drain, place on a tray and bake for around 10 minutes at 200ºC until browned.
- Cook the rice.
- Once cooked, add drained duck lard and mushrooms to a frying pan and sauté.
- Add raisins, pine nuts and rice
- Add some chopped coriander
- Season to taste
- Cut some julienned courgette, carrot and mushrooms
- Sauté in olive oil and garlic
Duck sauce
- Juice of 2 oranges, let reduce with a little sugar
- Add some demi-glace (meat sauce)
- Reduce until thick
Plating
- Using a cylinder shape, add the rice to the plate
- Add some vegetables
- Duck leg on top of vegetables
- Add the sauce
- 2 orange segments
Confited Octopus with Sweet Potato Puree and Peppers – The perfect pairing for our Quinta da Alorna Reserva Arinto & Chardonnay
- Cook the octopus;
- At the end of the stew, drain it and add olive oil and garlic – until the octopus is completely covered.
- Place in the oven for 20 minutes at 150ºC
- Cooking the sweet potato
- Blend with a magic wand
- Add some salt, pepper and milk to taste
- Grilling the pepper, at the end, we suggest putting it inside the plastic bag to peel the pepper.
- Cut into julienne strips and season with olive oil and garlic
Plating
- Add 3 spoons of sweet potato puree to the dish, add the pepper marinade after draining the oil.
- Place the octopus on top of the pepper
- Decorate with a little micro vegetables or baby vegetables