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RECIPE: DUCK TWO WAYS OVER PASTA

[1]1 large boneless Moulard duck breast (skin on)
1 T. unsalted butter
1 large Vidalia onion, halved and sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 t. crumbled rosemary
1/2 t. thyme
1/2 c. red wine
2 c. red wine
2 c. chicken broth
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8 oz. of cut farro pasta. Choose a shape with ribs or curls or other frills that will grab and hold the sauce

Score the skin side of the duck in a cross-hatch pattern down throught the fat to the meat. This will help release the fat.

In a heavy pot or dutch oven, place the duck breast skin-side down and add water to the pot so that it comes just to the line demarking the fat from the meat on the breast. Bring water to a simmer on medium heat, cook until the water is gone leaving a pool of rendered fat. Turn the breast over and cook for one minute longer. Remove the breast to a cutting board (both sides now seared). Pour off accumulated fat but do no wipe out the pot. Add the butter and cook the onion over medium-low heat until it's a wilted and caramelized tangle (20 minutes).  Add the minced garlic, herbs, s&p and cook a few minutes more. Add the chicken stock and wine, stir and scrape to deglaze all the nice browned bits sticking to the pot. Drain the canned tomatoes and crush with your hands into the pot. Here's a good idea: before the full-force hand crush, use your thumb to poke a hole in the tomato. This will prevent the tomato from popping and splashing all over the place.

Slice 1/4 – 1/3 of the breast off one end of the slab. (Save a bigger piece if you want a higher rare-to-ragu ratio.)  Chop the remaining breast (skin and fat included) into 1" pieces, add to the pot.  Simmer, loosely covered, for 45 minutes. Stir as needed to prevent sticking or scorching. Let cool a bit then purée everything well in a food processor. Return to the pot, s&p again, and keep hot while you boil up the pasta.

Cook the pasta and drain. Toss with hot duck ragu. Slice the reserved rare breast into elegant, richly red ovals with a crispy edge of skin. The dressed pasta gos on the plate or platter, slices of rare breast ar neatly draped atop. 

I eschewed cheese b/c I didn't want to obscure any duckiness. If you want to go that way, mix the grated cheese into the dressed pasta first. Don't sprinkle on top. Distractions scattered over the gleaming, glossy ruby-red rare slices would be wrong.