Anyone have a recipe for "Mango Duck Quesadilla"?

[Tab]

A few years ago I stayed at Keystone Resort in the Colorado Rockies. The skiing sucked because the weather was a constant snowstorm, so I mainly hung out either in the hot tub or the little restaurant/pub across the street.

They had on the menu a "Mango Duck Quesadilla". It was the best damned quesadilla I've had in a long time. I loved that thing. I must have eaten there at least 5 times while I was there.

Anyone ever try it or have a recipe for it?

Thanks

- Tab

[Warpy]

1. A quick look turned up

http://www.bigoven.com/152398-Bbq-Duck-And-Wild-Mushroom-Quesadilla-with-Spicy-Mango-Sa-recipe.html

It would be instructive to know if it was duck and mango salsa, or duck with mango slices, or duck roasted with a mango glaze.

[Tab]

2. Interesting

I gave it a quick glance, will read it more carefully.

Oddly enough I looked online (I originally had this at a place in Keystone, CO) and found an article about Mango Duck Quesadilla on Chowhound, and in reading it it seemed very familiar - it turns out I was reading an article I had written years before bitching about the lousy steak place next door and how the real thing to eat was the MDQ at the Mexican place across the street. :)

I didn't have the recipe then either. :(

[NashVegas]

3. Sounds Like You Get To Invent One

I didn't know mangoes showed up in Mexican food.

[sandnsea]

4. Oh baby, you are in for a treat

Here's a yum mango salsa recipe. Except I don't do it course, I always do tidbit size, I like the layer of flavors. Do it with the seared tuna, or turn it into fish tacos with corn tortillas and a little red cabbage. One of my favorites.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_611,00.html

[Warpy]

5. Mangoes are one of the mainstays in Mexican cuisine

but you won't find them used in Tex-Mex, which is where a lot of people get confused.

Mango salsa is one of the real staples when I go on a Mexican cooking spree, and the combination of mango sweetness with the kick of serrano chiles is absolutely fantastic served with the paler grilled protein foods like chicken, tofu, fish, and (I would imagine) pork.

Real Mexican cuisine is an amazing fusion of pre Columbian, Asian, French, Spanish, and African cuisines. Ordinary foods are often used in astonishing ways.

Mangoes are just one of those foods.

[Stinky The Clown]

6. I used to make a stir fry with mangoes and pineapple, chilies, and sweet peppers, and shrimps

I seasoned it with Italian herbs (parsley, basil, oregano and garlic).

Beyond fusion.

[Warpy]

7. People rarely think of meats and fruit together

but picadillo is a meat and fruit mixture you'll find stuffing all sorts of pastries and leaves in Mexico.

In fact, one of the secrets to faking out meat eaters with vegetarian cuisine is to use something sweet like currants or raisins or just a pinch of allspice. They'll swear there's meat in it every time.

I'll have to try your combo one of these days.