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Skeaghanore
West Cork
smoked duck
breast salad

SERVES 4 AS A STARTER OR 2 AS
A LIGHT MAIN

2 handfuls of baby salad leaves
2 hot smoked Skeaghanore
duck breasts
16 to 20 cherry tomatoes,
halved
1 small punnet of strawberries,
quartered
crusty bread, to serve
FOR THE DRESSING
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon or orange
juice or cider vinegar
pinch of caster sugar
salt and pepper

To make the dressing, whisk
all the ingredients together
in a bowl until the sugar has
dissolved.
Arrange the salad leaves in
shallow bowls. Slice the duck
breasts on the diagonal and
arrange over the salad. Add the
tomatoes and strawberries and Skeaghanore
drizzle with the dressing. West Cork
Duck
Hand reared on their
farm overlooking Roaring
Water Bay and fed on ‘free-from’ corn, The Beacon at
the Hickey family’s famous duck has the Baltimore, West Cork
texture and full avour that are unique
to well-fed, free-range poultry. Proudly
featured on top menus as well as local
SuperValu stores. Some cooked products
have recently been added to the fresh
duck range, including con t legs, cooked
on the farm, and a hot
smoked breast portion,
which is an interesting
PLACES TO EAT fully cooked convenience
product. Favourite walk,
10 CASUAL Call into Mannings roadside shop and view or cultural site in
café at Ballylickey for a unique West Cork vibe.
West Cork? ‘Mizen Head
Also unmissable is Glebe Gardens, Baltimore,
and Heron Gallery, Ahakista. SEAFOOD Enjoy sh is a great place,’ says
from the Central Fish Market at the Fish Kitchen, Helena. ‘It’s relaxing and
Bantry; or Martin Shanahan’s Fishy Fishy, Kinsale; relish really interesting for
the deliciously atmospheric Mary Ann’s Pub in Castletown- visitors too.’
shend; or the iconic McCarthy’s of Castltownbere, where a
simple crab sandwich can’t be beaten. TREAT MEALS Good
Things at Dillon’s Corner, Skibbereeen; The Mews, Baltimore;
and Pilgrims, Rosscarbery.

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