A rich pasta recipe which features duck sauce within ribbons of pappardelle. Using duck breasts, this hearty Italian dish is best with lashings of parmesan.
Ingredients
3 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1 celery stick, chopped
2 duck breasts (about 350g), skin removed and cut into bite-sized pieces
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
200ml tomato passata
250ml Antares Cabernet Sauvignon
400ml chicken stock
A small bunch of sage leaves
2 sprigs of rosemary
2 bay leaves
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 tsp sugar
250g fettuccini
Grated parmesan
Instructions
Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the onion, carrot and celery and sauté, stirring from time to time for 10–15 minutes over low heat.
Add the duck pieces and cook stirring and turning them over until they change colour all over.
Stir in the garlic and when the aroma rises, add the wine, the tomato passata and about 200 ml of the stock. Add the sage, rosemary and bay leaf, the salt, pepper and sugar, and simmer, covered, over low heat for about 1 hour, adding more chicken stock as the sauce reduces. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
Cook the fettuccini in a pan of boiling salted water until done al dent. Drain quickly, pour into the saucepan with the sauce and mix very well over low heat.
Serve hot with the grated parmesan alongside a glass of Lupe cholet Beaujolais villages.
**Pasta, wine, duck and cheese available at Park Street Gourmet Colombo and Negombo outlets.