5 duck breast brine Recipes

turkey , legs and thighs cut from carcass, keeping drumsticks and thighs attached, wings cut from breast, dried chiles de arbol, crumbled, kosher salt, freshly cracked black pepper, thyme, sage, rosemary, bay leaves, lemon zest (yellow part only ; from about 1/2 lemon), duck fat, allspice berries, juniper berries, fennel seeds, kosher salt, sugar, onion, sliced, carrot, peeled , cut on a diagonal, fennel bulb, sliced, flat-leaf parsley, thyme, bay leaves, dried chiles de arbol, sliced yellow onion, sage sprigs, thyme sprigs, unsalted butter, melted, kosher salt , freshly ground pepper

boneless duck breast* (4 boneless breast halves, cut from two 5 1/2- to 6-lb ducks), firm-ripe bosc pear, apple juice, cornstarch, calvados or armagnac, green peppercorns packed in brine, drained and crushed lightly, duck or veal demiglace* or 1/2 extra-large vegetarian vegetable bouillon cube, fresh thyme leaves or 1/4 tsp dried, crumbled, garnish: fresh thyme sprigs

duck breasts, with skin, butter, onion, chopped, gherkins, chopped, chicken stock, honey, pink peppercorns, green peppercorns , in brine, drained

boneless duck breasts with skin, butter, chopped onion, chopped sweet gherkin pickles, chicken stock or canned low-salt chicken broth, honey, pink peppercorns, drained green peppercorns in brine