Recipe: Ma hor (galloping horse) - minced duck, peanuts, seared scallops & pineapple

Hi guys, have you ever heard about this restaurant before STAR ANISE Restaurant? This is one of the best fine dining restaurant in Perth, Western Australia and this restaurant located in 225 Onslow Rd, Shenton Park, Perth, Western Australia 6008. I just want to give my credit to the chef and the owner David Coomer. I met him before when he was cooking in Perth Exhibition and Convention Centre, he is very low profile and so friendly but on the other side he is a great chef with high quality of food. One of the food that i tried before is the Ma hor which is minced duck, peanut, seared scallop and pinaple. The taste is sweet, very asian taste but really interesting because he combined east food with west food. I would like to share one of the food which is Ma hor.

Ma hor (galloping horse) - minced duck, peanuts, seared scallops & pineapple

serves 4 as entree, or 16 canapes

Ingredients

16 local scallops
400g minced duck
40ml peanut oil
3 cloves garlic
4 coriander roots - finely chopped
1 chilli - finely chopped
1/4 tsp white pepper
80g palm sugar - dissolved in 20ml water
40mls fish sauce
80g roasted peanuts - coarsely chopped
1 tbsp fresh coriander - chopped
2 limes - juiced
16 slices pineapple

Method

• Heat oil in a wok over medium heat
• Fry garlic, coriander roots, chilli & pepper until fragrant & garlic golden in colour
• Add duck meat, stir fry for 4 mins stirring occasionally until meat separates and is well sealed
• Add palm sugar & fish sauce - cook until well caramelised
• Add peanuts, coriander then lime juice
• Mix well & keep warm

• Lay pineapple slices on four plates (narrow sushi plates look good or one large platter)
• Place spoon full of duck mixture on each piece of pineapple
• Sear scallops on a hot grill plate or pan. Place on top of duck
• Garnish with coriander leaves & crisp fried shallots. Then serve

Source: http://www.staraniserestaurant.com.au/mahor.html
Credit goes to: Chef David Coomer