I was at work and Max from Max's chilli sauces came in and gave me a bottle of this sauce he had been working on. He explained how this was his first trial, so the sauce was a little thicker than he had originally wanted. I was obviously very curious, I mean, once you hear rasberry, penut butter and chipotle peppers...wouldn't your curiosity be tickled as well?
So i tried the sauce and immediately loved the combination of the sweetness of the rasberry with the nuttiness of the penut butter and the smoky heat of the chipotle peppers.....
At first i though of using it as a glazed over a nice steak, mostly because of its thickness...but then i decided to go with duck. i felt the sweetness and smoky flavors of the sauce would compliment its gamy richness of flavors....
I decided to order a whole duck and I asked the butcher to cut it into 4 pieces just so that I wouldn't have to do any extra work at home. while in the store i also purchased some nice oyster mushroom and a box of carnaroli rice. I though a truffle oil and oyster mushroom would compliment the sweetness of the sause without over - powering it.
Once i got home i spread the duck p[ieces on a plate and i seasoned them with salt and pepper. I minced 3 garlic cloves and sliced a brown onion and put them in a duch oven pot with a table spoon of extra vergin olive oil and cook them until shiny, about 4 minutes. In the meantime I browned the duck pieces in an oiled pan and then transferred them in the duch oven pot with a cup of chicken stock and a cup of chardonnay.I placed the lid on the pot and turned the heat on medium.....and cooked the meat for about 2 hours untill it started to separate from the bones.Then I removed the meat from the pot, and continued to cook the liquid down till reduced to half and then added 3 TBS of the rasperry penut and chipotle sauce to the liquids and i cooked it for about 5 minuted untill its consiatency was creamy. Then i placed the meat back in the pot and cooked it a couple of minutes with the sauce to add both heath and flavor....then i placed the pieces of duck on a baking sheet and placed them in the oven with a little bit of sauce over them to glazed them, this took about another 5 minutes with the oven pre heated to 500.....
I have to say this dish turned out great....it's probably one of my favourite dishes to this day!
