Salted Squash Doughnuts & Smoked Duck

Ingredients

Yield:

8

• Squash Puree

  • 1 cup diced Acorn squash
  • 1/3 cup diced onion
  • 1 tbsp diced butter
  • 100ml olive oil

• Doughnuts

  • 1 ¼ cups water
  • 2 Tbsp Butter
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 tsp granulated sugar
  • 4.5 oz organic white flour
  • ¼ tsp baking flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 Tbsp Squash puree

• Douglas Fir Syrup

  • 500ml simple syrup
  • 3 juniper berries
  • 1 douglas fir tip slightly charred with a blow torch

• Delicata Squash

  • 2 delicata squash
  • 2 Tbsp Olive oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste

• Smoked Duck

  • 24 thin slices of smoked duck

Preparation

Difficulty:

Medium

Time:

2 Hours 

 

1. Squash Puree

   1. In a small sauce pot, sweat the onions in butter for 5 minutes then add squash and cover with salted water. Cook until tender, strain and puree in blender with the olive oil.
   2. Use this puree for the batter and piping into the doughnuts if desired.

2. Doughnuts

   1. Pour water, butter, granulated sugar, lemon zest and pinch of salt into a small sauce pan and bring to a boil. As soon as the water boils, add the flour and the baking powder all at once and begin stirring with a wooden spoon.
   2. Stir constantly until the dough begins to come away from the sides of the pan. Take off heat and allow to cool for a few minutes.
   3. When dough is no longer hot, but warm, stir in the eggs one by one and add squash puree. Use a mixer if needed, ensure the dough is smooth. Set aside for 1.5 to 2 hours. Place a teaspoon of batter in 300f deep fryer and fry until golden and fully cooked on the inside.

3. Douglas Fir Syrup

   1. Bring ingredients together in small sauce pan and boil until a syrupy consistency is achieved. Strain and reserve.

4. Delicata Squash

   1. Cut the ends off the squash and slice one of them into ½ inch circles, remove seeds and toss in olive oil, salt and pepper. On a low heat grill the rounds for about 4 minutes on each side or until tender. The skins are edible. For the raw squash take the left over rounds and with the help of a mandolin thinly slice the squash and then place in a bowl and season. You can add lemon juice and olive oil if desired.

5. Smoked Duck

   1. Found at local butcher or grocery store.