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Cooked perfectly rare… after rendering, Muscovy Duck has a lower fat content and higher protein than turkey<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Ras Al-Hanout<\/span> – this is a spice blend that is kept on the shelf in a lot of South African homes<\/p>\n\n- 1\/4 cup ground cinnamon<\/li>\n
- 2 tbs ground tumeric<\/li>\n
- 1 tbs black pepper<\/li>\n
- 1 1\/2 tsp ground nutmeg<\/li>\n
- 1 1\/2 tsp ground cardamon<\/li>\n
- 1 1\/2 tsp ground cloves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Combine all ingredients; store in an airtight container.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Dried Fruit Couscous<\/span><\/p>\n\n- 13 ounces toasted couscous<\/li>\n
- 1 1\/2 tbs olive oil<\/li>\n
- 16 ounces Cardamon Spiced Broth (recipe follows)<\/li>\n
- 6 ounces Cooked Dried Fruit (recipe follows)<\/li>\n
- 4 ounces Orange Butter (recipe follows)<\/li>\n
- Salt, to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Place couscous on a sheet pan in a 350 deg F oven and toast lightly, for 10-12 minutes.<\/li>\n
- Transfer toasted couscous to a bowl and toss with olive oil.<\/li>\n
- Add broth and fruit to couscous, stir. Cover and let broth be absorbed into couscous (5-10 minutes).<\/li>\n
- Toss with orange butter and salt to taste.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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the sauce was a simple but perfect accompaniment<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Cooked Dried Fruit<\/span> – you can substitute other dried fruits<\/p>\n\n- 1.5 ounces of unsalted butter<\/li>\n
- 4 ounces dates, sliced<\/li>\n
- 4 ounces apricots, sliced<\/li>\n
- 8 ounces dried raisins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Saut\u00e9 dried fruits and butter until the raisins are plump. Remove from heat.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Cardamon Spiced Broth<\/span><\/p>\n\n- \u00a01 gallon cold water<\/li>\n
- 1 ounce fresh garlic, crushed<\/li>\n
- 1 ounce fresh ginger, crushed<\/li>\n
- 1 thread saffron<\/li>\n
- 2 ounces cardamon pods<\/li>\n
- 1 1\/2 tbs cumin<\/li>\n
- 1 1\/2 tbs paprika<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Place garlic, ginger, saffron, and cardamon pods in cold water and reduce by 1\/3.<\/li>\n
- Toast cumin and paprika in a pan to release flavor. Add to broth, strain.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Orange Butter<\/span><\/p>\n\n- 1 pound unsalted butter<\/li>\n
- 3 oranges, juiced<\/li>\n
- 1 tsp orange zest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Blend together. May freeze for later use; wrap tightly in plastic wrap.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Final Tasting Notes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nThe couscous paired well with the wine, the duck paired well with the wine. While this was the last Culinary Demonstration for us during the Epcot Food & Wine Festival in 2012, it was also one of the best. The food and wine were paired. The food service, while a little slow, was slow for a reason – to make sure that the food was served properly and at a good temperature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Glenn O’Brien, Boma – Flavors of Africa, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge November 12, 2012 <\/p>\n
Spice Route “Chakalaka”, South Africa Jim Killems, fun guy and wine educator <\/p>\n
Spice Route Chakalaka<\/p>\n
We’ve written a lot about South Africa wines over the last few years (here, here, and here), particularly Spice Route wines. Lisa and <\/p>\n
continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Boma’s – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012<\/a> … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[190,242,52],"tags":[258,909,211,205,204,215,216],"class_list":["post-5638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-epcot-food-wine-festival","category-food-and-drink","category-wdw-resorts-fd","tag-2012-epcot-international-food-wine-festival","tag-culinary-demonstrations","tag-epcot-theme-park","tag-food-wine-pairings","tag-hard-ticketed-events","tag-walt-disney-world-2","tag-wdw-2","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5638"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5875,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5638\/revisions\/5875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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