Those truffles too are no bad accessaries,
Follow'd by 'petits puits d'amour'—a dish
Of which perhaps the cookery rather varies,
So every one may dress it to his wish,
According to the best of dictionaries,
Which encyclopedize both flesh and fish;
But even sans 'confitures,' it no less true is,
There 's pretty picking in those 'petits puits.'

Byron
Don Juan Canto 15

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Smoked Duck Leg Pizza

Cut off all meat from the duck leg(s), and reserve. On the stove top immerse the bones in some hearty red wine with tomato sauce, chopped garlic clove, reduce to a spreadable consistency. Let cool. Top the pizza dough with the sauce, mushrooms, the wilder the better, duck meat and olives. Bake on a pizza stone a highest oven setting. Enjoy with a bottle of a good red wine. Bravo.

(The smoked duck leg was found at a local Asian market, so this is a superb example of East meets west.)

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