3/4 cup duck demi glace with apple cores and peelings
1 Granny Smith apple, peeled and cored
1/2 cup simple syrup
12 6-inch chives
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions:
For the garnish
Cut apples in six 1/8-inch rings. Soak in simple syrup for 24 hours. Lay out on baking sheets and bake at 200-degrees F until dry, approximately 12-24 hours.
For the pancakes
Grate the potatoes, onion and red delicious apple. Add the eggs, chopped parsley and flour. Add salt and pepper to taste. Saute in duck fat until crisp and brown. Reserve.
For the foie gras
Make six 4-ounce foie gras medallions. Season well. Sauté in a hot pan until medium rare. Reserve.
For the sauce
Add apple trimmings to duck demi glace. Simmer for 30 minutes. Strain and reserve.
To assemble
Lay pancake on hot plate. Top with foie gras. Cut a slit in the foie gras to slide in the dried apple ring. Put one ounce of sauce around the plate. Stick 2 chives from the plate through the apple rings.