Any food scientists out there? Or anyone that can answer this question I would appreciate it.
I have a question regarding a dish (duckhen) that turned into a disaster. I have made this dish times before it was they are all fantastic. A duckhen is a turduckhen minus the turkey so you all know. Traditionally they have stuffing. I do not stuff them however.
The last time I made this dish I used a different marinade, (with fresh pineapple), both the duck and the chicken meat turned to mush. Please see below
I de-boned both the duck and chicken without any problems. I applied marinade to the duck and chicken. The duck meat was perfectly wrapped up with twine around the chicken with no holes and put in the refrigerator for 24 hrs.
I put it in the oven at 300 degrees and I noticed the skin started breaking down and the chicken started falling out through the duck skin after about ½ hour of cooking. So I had to wrap the duckhen in foil to keep it in together. I tried to cook it wrapped in foil at that point.
After about 1 more hour at 350 degrees all the meat turned to mush. I tried removing the foil, no help. I have never seen anything like it. It was like the meat completely broke down to a mush like consistancy, the skin was almost dissolved. It was gross.
Here is the recipe:
1 duck - free range organic, use liver as well, deboned
1 chicken – free range organic, deboned
Marinade – blend up with hand blender
1 1/2 cup pineapple (fresh chunks)
1/4 cup orange juice
juice from 2 tangerines
fresh ginger – 1 tablespoon
2 tablespoons pear jam
1/2 cup honey
thyme – at discretion or whatever fresh herbs you are in the mood for
salt – to taste
pepper – to taste
cinnamon – to taste
nutmeg - to taste
walnut or hazelnut oil – 1/4 cup
Apply marinade to chicken and duck, wrap up in the traditional manner.
So my questions are, have you ever heard of anything like this? Was it the pineapple that broke the duck and chicken meat down? It was like the entire dish was meat tenderized for a week. The meat was the conistancy of the meat like mush
Normally this comes out fantastic
All help is appreciated.
Sincerely,
Michael
I have a question regarding a dish (duckhen) that turned into a disaster. I have made this dish times before it was they are all fantastic. A duckhen is a turduckhen minus the turkey so you all know. Traditionally they have stuffing. I do not stuff them however.
The last time I made this dish I used a different marinade, (with fresh pineapple), both the duck and the chicken meat turned to mush. Please see below
I de-boned both the duck and chicken without any problems. I applied marinade to the duck and chicken. The duck meat was perfectly wrapped up with twine around the chicken with no holes and put in the refrigerator for 24 hrs.
I put it in the oven at 300 degrees and I noticed the skin started breaking down and the chicken started falling out through the duck skin after about ½ hour of cooking. So I had to wrap the duckhen in foil to keep it in together. I tried to cook it wrapped in foil at that point.
After about 1 more hour at 350 degrees all the meat turned to mush. I tried removing the foil, no help. I have never seen anything like it. It was like the meat completely broke down to a mush like consistancy, the skin was almost dissolved. It was gross.
Here is the recipe:
1 duck - free range organic, use liver as well, deboned
1 chicken – free range organic, deboned
Marinade – blend up with hand blender
1 1/2 cup pineapple (fresh chunks)
1/4 cup orange juice
juice from 2 tangerines
fresh ginger – 1 tablespoon
2 tablespoons pear jam
1/2 cup honey
thyme – at discretion or whatever fresh herbs you are in the mood for
salt – to taste
pepper – to taste
cinnamon – to taste
nutmeg - to taste
walnut or hazelnut oil – 1/4 cup
Apply marinade to chicken and duck, wrap up in the traditional manner.
So my questions are, have you ever heard of anything like this? Was it the pineapple that broke the duck and chicken meat down? It was like the entire dish was meat tenderized for a week. The meat was the conistancy of the meat like mush
Normally this comes out fantastic
All help is appreciated.
Sincerely,
Michael
