25 port pistachios Recipes

milk, moulard duck breasts* (1 3/4 to 2 lb total ), kosher salt or 2 tsp table salt, black pepper, chopped fresh thyme or 1/4 tsp dried, crumbled, chopped fresh marjoram or 1/8 tsp dried, crumbled, ground allspice, ground ginger, tawny port, cognac or other brandy, heavy cream, egg, lightly beaten, shelled pistachios (2 1/2 oz), dry red wine, red-wine vinegar, sugar, kosher salt or 1/4 tsp table salt, fresh thyme sprig, turkish or 1/2 california bay leaf, shallots, peeled and trimmed, sheets pork fatback (without rind), cut from about a 5- by 8-inch slab (6 oz) by butcher, or caul fat

seedless white grapes, washed and dried (about 1 1/2 lb), cream cheese or 4 oz neufchatel cheese, softened, blue cheese, softened, port wine, ground nuts (pistachios, preferably)

onion, chopped, carrot, chopped, garlic cloves, chopped, fresh thyme sprigs, sea salt, ducks , legs, thighs, and breasts cut from carcasses; carcasses quartered, rendered duck fat, chopped leek (white and pale green parts), chopped celery, chopped onion, chopped carrot, ruby port, water, whole black peppercorns, butter, farro, water, olive oil, butter, chopped shallots, dry red wine, low-salt chicken broth, freshly grated parmesan cheese, vegetable oil, honey, assorted chopped nuts (such as pistachios, hazelnuts, and pecans), whole star anise

chicken liver, milk, kosher salt, fresh ground black pepper, wood chips, vegetable oil, unsalted butter, yellow onion, diced very fine (about 2/3 cup), port wine or 2 tbsp madeira wine or 2 tbsp sherry wine, chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, pumpernickel bread , unsliced day-old, dense-textured, chopped roasted pistachios , walnuts (optional) or hazelnuts (optional)