Recipe - Whole Wheat Spaghetti With Duck Sauce

One half cup Dried porcini mushrooms;
(about Three fourths ounce)
2 cup Hot water
One fourth cup Olive oil
1 Duck; boned, skinned,
; meat cut into
; 1inch pieces,
; bones reserved (5
; to 6pound)
3 md Onions; chopped
1/3 cup Chopped pancetta or bacon
One half pound Chicken livers; trimmed,
coarsely
; chopped
2 Bay leaves
1 lg Sprig fresh rosemary
4 Whole cloves
1 cup Dry white wine
3 tablespoon Tomato paste
3 cup Canned lowsalt chicken
broth
1 pound Bigoli; (whole wheat
; spaghetti) or
; spaghetti
Freshly grated Parmesan
cheese

Place dried porcini mushrooms in medium bowl. Add 2 cups hot water. Let
porcini stand until softened, about 30 minutes. Drain porcini; reserve
soaking liquid. Coarsely chop porcini.

Heat oil in heavy large Dutch oven over mediumhigh heat. Add duck meat and
bones. Saute until golden, about 8 minutes. Drain off all but 1 tablespoon
fat. Add onions and pancetta. Saute until golden, about 5 minutes. Add
chicken livers and porcini and saute 2 minutes. Add bay leaves, rosemary
and cloves; saute 5 minutes. Add wine and simmer until almost all liquid
evaporates, stirring often, about 4 minutes. Mix in tomato paste. Add broth
and reserved mushroom soaking liquid, leaving any sediment in bowl. Bring
to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until meat is tender, about 1 hour.

Discard bones, bay leaves, rosemary and cloves from sauce. Skim any fat
from surface. Simmer sauce until thickened to sauce consistency, about 10
minutes. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead; chill.
Bring to simmer before using.)

Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm
to bite. Drain well. Transfer pasta to large bowl.

Spoon half of duck sauce over pasta. Toss pasta briefly to coat. Spoon
remaining duck sauce over. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve.

Serves 6.

Bon Appetit May 1995

Converted by MC_Buster.

Per serving: 6319 Calories (kcal); 563g Total Fat; (82% calories from fat);
196g Protein; 75g Carbohydrate; 1960mg Cholesterol; 1407mg Sodium Food
Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 26 Lean Meat; 12 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 98
One half Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.