The Colours of Summer

Hello there!

When the weather is warm and the sun out, I really like fresh tasty food that feeds my eyes as well as my stomach. There is such an abundance of fresh produce this time of the year that you are really spoilt for choice! All that deliciousness just waiting for you to pick up and take home.  

Today I prepared Pan seared Duck on potato rosti with a Mango and Yellow pepper salsa.

The duck I marinated over night in Chinese five spice, salt, black pepper, soy sauce and a dash of oil. When I cooked it I started it off in a cold pan, skin side down, as the famous chefs do, to melt the fat away and give it a crispy skin. There's no need for oil as the skin is fatty enough to cook the duck in.

I half cooked the potato, peeled it and grated it added seasoning formed a pattie and cooked it in the duck fat. Mine is a bit brown because of the soy sauce from the duck and its juices..but it's awfully tasty.

The salsa consists of mango, yellow pepper, orange segments and dressed with a dash of olive oil, a pinch of salt, fresh coriander and grated zest of the orange and juice of the orange and a good squeeze of lime. Give it a good stir and leave until you have everything ready.

I love salad in hot weather..you can make the salad you most like with this and it will be good.

There you have it! Delicious duck so full of flavour with its crispy skin and duck always goes well with something sweet..the mango and pepper salsa which gives you the sweetness of the mango, the crunchy texture of the peppers, the orange which gives it juiciness and the brightness from the coriander with a lovely dressing of oil, orange and lime juice and the zest of the orange which brings it all together beautifully.

Just look at the lovely colours of summer on a plate!

I hope you enjoy your dinner as much as I will. 

Bon Appetite!