Duck Parmentier With Comte Cheese Recipes

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and cut them into 2 or 4 pieces depending on their size (bigger pieces will need more time to be done).
• Boil potatoes into salted water for 30 minutes (they'll be easier to mash if overcooked). Drain water and let them chill.
• Meanwhile, take duck legs off their fat and separate meat from bones and skin.
• Rinse and dry parsley. Chop it.
• Heat a pan over medium-low heat, fry duck meat with a little bit of duck fat from the can. Add parsley and leave for 10 minutes stirring often.
• Mash potatoes (you can use a a food mill or potato ricer, if you don't have any use a potato masher or heavy fork.) Pour mashed potatoes into a pan heated over low heat. Add butter, cream, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Stir well.
• You can use either an ovenproof dish or individual round pastry cutters. Whatever you're using grease it with a little bit of butter and add a layer of duck topped with a layer of mashed potatoes.
• Grate Comté cheese and sprinkle on top of duck parmentier.
• Heat oven on grill position and bake for 10 minutes or until cheese has a golden color.
• Serve right away with a salad. (If you used individual round pastry cutters, separate melted cheese with a knife and carefully take cutter out.).

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
• Grease a baking dish with 1-tablespoon butter and set aside.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a full boil. Add pasta and cook until al dente. Drain pasta and toss with olive oil.
• In a large saucepan melt remaining butter. Whisk in flour and cook roux for 2-3 minutes. Whisk in heavy cream and stir until sauce thickens. Add bay leaf.
• Add Dijon mustard, Piment D' Espelette, nutmeg, sea salt, white pepper and stir until combined.
• Fold in Mimolette and Comte' cheese and stir until sauce has thickened.
• Fold in crème fraiche and fresh herbs.
• Remove from heat and discard bay leaf.
• Season with fine sea salt and white pepper to taste.
• Combine macaroni and cheese sauce into prepared baking dish.
• Scatter seasoned bread crumbs over top.
• Place baking dish on a sheet pan. Bake in pre-heated oven at 350 F for 30-minutes.