Grilled Sonoma Foie Gras With Oaxacan Mole Recipes

Steps:

• Mole: Toast all dry spices and chiles until dark in a 350 degree F oven. Combine all ingredients and bring to a rapid boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Puree all in a blender, and adjusts seasonings, to taste.
• Foie Gras: Preheat a charcoal grill until the coals are white hot. Score the foie gras with a sharp knife and salt the foie gras liberally. Place on the grill and cover to prevent flame-ups. Turn the foie gras after 2 to 3 minutes and cook on the other side until it's medium rare.
• To serve, place the roasted peeled peppers in the center of the plate. Garnish with diced pineapple.
• Then, using a squirt bottle filled with mole sauce, paint the plate liberally. Place the cooked foie gras in the center of the plate, on top of the roasted peppers, and garnish with the fresh chives.

Steps:

• Slice the foie gras into 1/2-inch bias slices. Set aside. To prepare the caramelized fruits: in a saute pan, heat butter and sugar and cook until caramelized. Over high heat, deglaze with 1/2 cup sweet wine. Reduce slightly, and then add the apples, apricots, and grapes. Add the remaining 1/2 cup sweet wine and reduce until fruits are caramelized. Reserve but keep warm.
• In another saute pan, reduce the red wine and mulberries until desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper. Season the foie gras slices with pepper. Dip in flour and in a saute pan over high heat, saute for 1 minute on each side. To plate: arranged the caramelized fruits on plate. Spoon mulberry wine sauce reduction around fruits. Top with sauteed foie gras. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Season foie gras with salt and pepper. In a large, hot saute pan, saute the foie gras until golden brown on both sides, about 1 minute per side. Remove to a paper towel lined plate Place the gingerbread on a plate and top with the pears and foie gras. Sauce the plate with pinot noir jus and garnish the foie gras with the cacao nibs.
• Place all ingredients in a small pot and cover with a clean towel. Bring to a slow simmer. Cook until a knife will easily go into the pears. Remove pears form the heat and cool to room temperature in the liquid. Slice and fan the pears. Heat the pears in the poaching liquid before serving.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Cut the onion, carrot and leek into medium dice. In a medium saucepot, add the garlic and sweat the vegetables in 2 ounces of the olive oil until translucent and soft. Add the half bottle of pinot noir and reduce by half. Add the veal and brown chicken stocks and bring to a simmer, skimming scum off the surface often.
• Heat a pan and add the remaining 2 ounces olive oil and the squab bones. When the bones start to color, place the pan in the oven and roast the bones until golden brown. Add the bones to the sauce and deglaze the pan with 2 tablespoons pinot noir and add the deglazed fond to the sauce. Reduce the sauce by half, strain and discard the bones and vegetables. Continue to reduce to desired consistency and add the remaining 2 tablespoons of wine. Season with salt and pepper and pass through chinois.