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Meats (duck especially) you can sear 2-3 hrs before dinner

By FoodMuse
December 24, 2010 in Cooking

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Posted December 24, 2010

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Tomorrow I'd like to partially cook 3 giant magret duck breasts ahead of time, then finish them off to rare in the oven just before we sit down.

Is this feasible? I really am freaking out about me being in the kitchen alone for an hour before Christmas dinner.Sounds like magret need to be cooked in a fry pan for a good 15 min to get a nice crispy skin. My fry pan can only hold 1 at a time.

Any thoughts on cooking duck breast ahead of time? or finishing them in the oven? They have to be med. rare.

Haaalp!

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