Make ahead - travelling appetizers? - 3hr drive

ABT's are good if you can go three hours without devouring them. You could smoke a fillet of salmon and serve it on those little pumpernickel breads with cream cheese, red onion and capers. Happy thanksgiving.

@Cen-Tex those sound awesome will have to try those out for sure completely different than anything else  

nolaegghead said:

That sounds excellent!  Are duck breasts sold without the rest of the duck?  I don't recall seeing them before.

They are sold separately.  We actually used to buy Nueske's Applewood smoked duck breast. They come in single packs and are already smoked and refrigerated. You can buy duck breast at better stores too. Nueske's is the bomb. If you have never tried their bacon, order it today and have them throw in a couple of duck breasts You won't be sorry.

I turned another guy on here on to these in the spring and he said they were a huge hit. he had some wild duck and just grilled the breasts up. Same thing, he took them to a party and served cold and said they were gone quickly. I've served them dozens of times at catering jobs etc, they are always a winner. Don't be intimidated by the out of the ordinary ingredients, They all play perfectly with each other and the smoke form the egg. This chef was a psycho but dude could cook!

nolaegghead said:

I'm totally making that.  Nueske's looks like a great resource.  I didn't see the duck breast except in a gift basket, but saw lots of other delicious smoked meats.

I noticed that too. I was buying it commercially so maybe they don't sell it at reatil outside the gift packs. They obviously have it though (since it's in the gift pack)  so I would ask if they can piece it out for you. It's amazing stuff

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Duck Breast Canape'

This is meant to serve cold but meant to have a smoky flavor. This is freaking awesome and will blow their minds. Can't take credit for the recipe but one of my chefs designed this when I had a restaurant and catering business and it was always the best thing on the menu

You will need:

2 (or more depending on # of people) duck breasts

a nice package of Brie

A jar of fig jam

Red Onion

1) Carmalize your onion. Chill and hold for transport

2) Smoke a couple of duck breasts on the egg. You can also grill them but don't over cook them. Smoke is better but either works. Then chill the breasts and cube them up in like 1/4" cubes. Put the cubes in a container or ziplock and chill until you get to your bro's house

3) Take a sliced baguette, brush the slices with olive oil and hit them with a little salt and cracked pepper. Then crisp up the baguette slices on your pizza stone or just right on the grid to give them a little smoky flavor. You don't want them too crispy, just a little smoky and starting to brown. Put them in a zip lock for transport

4) Take all of this to your brother's and also take the Brie and jar of Fig Jam.

5) When you get there, put a small schmear of the brie and a small (dime sized) dollop of fig jam on a slice of baguette. Take a pinch of the chilled duck breast cubes and pile them on top of the fig jam. then put some caramelized onion on top of that. 

They are smoky, salty, sweet and creamy. Crazy good and a little out of the ordinary. I think they will be impressed with your mad egg skillz

I noticed you had a slightly different recipe in an earlier post. You added a sliver of jalapeno pepper instead of the onion. Which do you like better, or how do you think combining both the onion and pepper be?

Here's a good web site. http://www.mapleleaffarms.com/index.php?pg=100

I always score the skin side, season it and sear it skin side down in a saute pan over medium heat on the stove top. Scoring helps the fat to render out. Then finish on the Egg at 400 raised indirect to 165 or so.

billyray said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Duck Breast Canape'

This is meant to serve cold but meant to have a smoky flavor. This is freaking awesome and will blow their minds. Can't take credit for the recipe but one of my chefs designed this when I had a restaurant and catering business and it was always the best thing on the menu

You will need:

2 (or more depending on # of people) duck breasts

a nice package of Brie

A jar of fig jam

Red Onion

1) Carmalize your onion. Chill and hold for transport

2) Smoke a couple of duck breasts on the egg. You can also grill them but don't over cook them. Smoke is better but either works. Then chill the breasts and cube them up in like 1/4" cubes. Put the cubes in a container or ziplock and chill until you get to your bro's house

3) Take a sliced baguette, brush the slices with olive oil and hit them with a little salt and cracked pepper. Then crisp up the baguette slices on your pizza stone or just right on the grid to give them a little smoky flavor. You don't want them too crispy, just a little smoky and starting to brown. Put them in a zip lock for transport

4) Take all of this to your brother's and also take the Brie and jar of Fig Jam.

5) When you get there, put a small schmear of the brie and a small (dime sized) dollop of fig jam on a slice of baguette. Take a pinch of the chilled duck breast cubes and pile them on top of the fig jam. then put some caramelized onion on top of that. 

They are smoky, salty, sweet and creamy. Crazy good and a little out of the ordinary. I think they will be impressed with your mad egg skillz

I noticed you had a slightly different recipe in an earlier post. You added a sliver of jalapeno pepper instead of the onion. Which do you like better, or how do you think combining both the onion and pepper be?

The onion is the original recipe. I had changed it to use the jalapeno the past few times I made it.TFJ (My Wife) gave me the original recipe today (I had forgotten about he onion). You can do either, or both. Could hide a little sliver of jalapeno under the onion for a nice little surprise kick. I love jalapeno but they were awesome with just the onion. Our shop was in Wisconsin so people had milder tastes. 

Yes they do.

Didn't know they were that big

Canadians have an inferiority complex. Could be Pine Bluff AK or Gerald MO and we would be impressed

Ever been there? Gerald I mean

Eggzactly my point

I've been on another post...sounds like we need a small egg for traveling...

I found duck breasts at the Rousses (in the old Cadillac dealership) right near the Superdome.  And bought some fig jam.  Have everything else, so I'm makin' it.