The various foie gras products and how they are made

The various foie gras products and how they are made
A look at the different French foie gras products. Being unused to this product in the UK, the various forms of foie gras can be confusing at first. Here is an explanation:

1. Foie gras entier, cru is a whole, raw liver, to be prepared (i.e. to have the vein removed) and cooked, or cured by salting, by you. Scary to look at but very easy to cook and experiment with. To start yourself off, simply heat a dry frying pan and gently fry some slices or chunks of foie for a few minutes on each side. Season and serve with toast, redcurrant jelly, and dessert wine.

2. Foie gras mi-cuit may be seen on restaurant menus. It usually means fresh liver, which will be cooked for your meal, and has not been preserved in any way. The ‘mi-cuit’ (meaning half cooked), refers to the foie gras being cooked rather than raw, but not boiled in a container for 2 hours, as with most preserved versions. If you haven’t tried it, give it a go – it does not taste very liver-like, and it is absolutely divine!

There are also ‘mi-cuit’ versions of the preserves (entier & bloc), which are usually poached in their tins or jars for 30 – 40 minutes, rather than 2 hours or so. These are a completely different eating experience to the mi-cuit fresh foie in restaurants.
3. Foie gras entier, which you will find for sale in tins or jars, is whole liver (or part/s of one, depending on the size of the container), which has been seasoned with salt, pepper and cognac, and then cooked in its container.

4. Bloc de foie gras avec morceaux – ‘morceaux’ means ‘bits’. This is one step up from the plain ‘bloc’, in that it is a pâté made with minced-up foie gras, with little bits of intact liver in it. Its container, in which it has been cooked, will usually specify the percentage of ‘morceaux’ in the pate. (I am not sure how worthwhile it is to pay for these tiny morceaux, but it is a matter of personal taste…)

5. Industrially-produced Bloc de Foie Gras is a pâté made from minced up foie gras and seasoning. However, ‘fermier’ or other home-made versions of bloc are more akin to the industrially-made entier, in that the chef will make his/ her entier with one single piece of liver, and his/ her bloc with several smaller pieces of whole liver. In this instance, the ‘avec morceaux’ variety is unnecessary.

6. Goose or duck? Goose foie gras is pricier than duck (more difficult to produce, and less of it about), but lots of people prefer the duck one, anyway! Duck is supposed to be tastier, while the goose foie gras is the more delicate option. It’s up to you.

Clark Wine Center is more than a wine shop to people living in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone. Clark’s wine shop is also a popular venue for parties and family gatherings. Conveniently located on the main highway of Clark Philippines, it is accessible to guests from Manila, Subic, Pampanga, Angeles City and of course those who live and work in Clark. Aside from the 2-storey wine shop which also has a nice roof deck lawn for small party of up to 80 people as well as an indoor wine tasting room which accommodates up to 60 comfortably, this wine store called Clark Wine Center also has one hectare of picnic grounds surrounding it.

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Best place to buy wine in Clark Pampanga outside Manila near Subic and Angeles City Philippines is Clark Wine Center. Visitors buy wine in Manila and Pampanga should not miss stopping at this wine shop for a few bottles of fine vintage wines to bring home.

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Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila
Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave. From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City. From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.

Best place to buy wine in Clark Pampanga outside Manila near Subic and Angeles City Philippines is Clark Wine Center.

Clark Wine Center
Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,
Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023
0922-870-5173 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)

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Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 ask for Rea or Chay