Vietmanese-style roast duck and pineapple, pak choi and asparagus (with pics)

Stormbringer

I adapted the traditional braised duck and pineapple recipe to work with roasting, and added smoking over cherry to the party. After discussing with a friend in Saigon, turns out this doesn't really exist in Vietnam so he named it Vịt Nướng Thơm (a literal translation).

Full recipe and cook details are in this blog post:

https://www.thecooksdigest.co.uk/2017/05/19/vietnamese-roast-duck-and-pineapple/

The finished dish (scroll down for more pics):


Smoking on a raised grid in the large, basting partway through:




Art-y close-up shot because SMWBO likes doing this:


Searing both sides:



Plated and served with seared veg, pineapple, jus and red wine:

caliking

Dude. You knocked that one out! Superbly done. And love the pics. 

six_egg

caliking said:

Dude. You knocked that one out! Superbly done. And love the pics. 

+1

Central_Bama_Egger

Good grief. Whatever you do for a living. Quit and start cooking. I'd hate to even eat that it looks so perfect. 

Shoot, who am I kidding. I'd pick it up bare handed and have it all over the place. 

YEMTrey

cleangrates.com

Damn nice cook!

bgebrent

Beautiful dude!  Great work. 

Canugghead

Stunning! Thanks for sharing.

WeberWho

Wow!

thetrim

Really great looking cook!   Excellent job!

The Cen-Tex Smoker

this looks incredible. Well done

GrillSgt

Awesome. What did you do to the bok choy?

Cookbook_Chip

That looks incredible. Love duck- and that just makes me smile!

THEBuckeye

@BigGreenCraig is thinkin', damn, dude stole my act! 

THEBuckeye

Where did you buy your duck?

Stormbringer

Thanks folks.

@GrillSgt - I learn something every day, bok choi is another name for pak choi. I blanched it for 30 secs then seared it for 20 secs each side on the CI grid. The asparagus was boiled for ~2mins and also seared.

@THEBuckeye - I live in the UK, so this probably won't be of much help to you, but I got the duck from Waitrose. They regularly have duck leg pairs on a BOGOF offer.

20stone

caliking said:

Dude. You knocked that one out! Superbly done. And love the pics. 

@caliking, cand you swing by Whole Foods on your way to the Space City Eggfest and grab 20# of duck quarters?  This would fit right into today's menu.

@Stormbringer, very nicely done.  That's a great looking plate. 

bluebird66

That looks fantastic!!

Stormbringer

20stone said:

caliking said:

Dude. You knocked that one out! Superbly done. And love the pics. 

@caliking, cand you swing by Whole Foods on your way to the Space City Eggfest and grab 20# of duck quarters?  This would fit right into today's menu.

@Stormbringer, very nicely done.  That's a great looking plate. 

Cheers, if you do cook this please post some pics. Some friends in New Zealand tried it last night and enjoyed their dinner.