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Pato no Tucupi (Amazonian Duck in Tucupi Sauce)

Name: Pato no Tucupi (Amazonian Duck in Tucupi Sauce)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 115 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazil
Ingredients: duck pieces 1200 g; tucupi (fermented cassava liquid) 600 ml; onion, chopped 150 g; garlic, minced 20 g; chili peppers, chopped 30 g; ginger, grated 15 g; cumin seeds 3 g; black peppercorns 3 g; vegetable oil 50 ml; water 500 ml; cooked white rice 600 g; fine salt 7 g

Duck simmered in a dark cassava and spice sauce with rice.

115 minutes · 4 servings · Moderate

Pato no tucupi comes from the Amazon basin, where tucupi is a dark cassava broth soured with allspice and orange peel and cooked down for hours. Duck is simmered in it until the meat falls from the bone and the sauce clings to it, then it is served with rice and cassava. The smell is powerful and pungent, and people either seek it out or avoid it entirely.

Ingredients

duck pieces1200 g
tucupi (fermented cassava liquid)600 ml
onion, chopped150 g
garlic, minced20 g
chili peppers, chopped30 g
ginger, grated15 g
cumin seeds3 g
black peppercorns3 g
vegetable oil50 ml
water500 ml
cooked white rice600 g
fine salt7 g

Directions

1
Brown duck in oil 10 minutes.
2
Add onion, garlic, chili and ginger; soften 8 minutes.
3
Add tucupi, water, cumin, peppercorns and salt; simmer at 150C for 60 minutes.
4
Serve over rice.

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