Even before the beginning of the preparation, the name of the recipe has already given rise to the first dissensions between the proponents of an origin linked to the New Zealand capital, renowned for its outdoor farms, and the supporters of the eponymous British Duke, winner (and contemporary) of Napoleon in Belgian lands.
After setting up the Kiwis account, thanks to the Internet, the farce enveloping the meat gave rise to a second salvo of criticism a second round tense negotiations.
Are we going to add foie gras to these delicious organic eagle mushrooms? Like the future vote that awaits the Swiss people, the occupants of the kitchen have spoken: two thirds renounce the addition of this organ subject to ethically difficult to defend and prohibited in organic anyway.
“With Lardon everything is good”
A well-Swiss compromise was found by opting for coating in the form of delicious little bacon, because as my grandmother said “with Lardon everything is good”.
But the situation was still complicated: the piece of delicious meat was too flat to be dignified in her dough dress. Going beyond King Solomon in his audacity, we decided the imposing piece and prepared two portions.
There was still the question of the passage in the oven which was the last epic moment of this sapid battle. Finally, the supporters of quick cooking prevailed over the slow cooking enthusiasts, probably exhausted by this culinary waterloo.
Truce and reconciliation concluded the preparation This magnificent dish. Long live the Duke of Wellington!
