Duck Breast with Sauce Aigre Douce and Warm Haricot Bean Salad
from Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield
Ingredients
2 Luv-a-Duck Fresh Duck Breasts
2 tbs sugar
¼ cup (60 ml) red wine vinegar
½ tsp of quatre epice (four spice
½ cup (125 ml) chicken stock or veal glaze
Zest of 1 orange, finely grated
¼ cup (60 ml) orange juice
20 g butter, chopped
1 ½ cups haricot beans (soaked overnight then cooked)
1 sprig of thyme
½ bunch of parsley
Pinch of salt and pepper
1 tbs of extra virgin olive oil
1 clove of garlic (finely chopped)
Method
- Preheat oven to 190°C.
- Remove duck from the fridge 40 minutes before cooking.
- Score the duck skin and season well with salt and pepper.
- Heat a pan until you can feel moderate heat coming off it. Place the duck, skin side down into the pan for 5 minutes until golden. Turn the duck breast over and cook for 2 minutes
- Place the duck in a roasting tray and cook in the oven for 8 minutes. Remove the duck and let this rest for at least 5 minutes before slicing into it.
For the sauce:
- Sprinkle sugar into the pan that you cooked the duck in.
- Cook over medium heat until it melts and forms a caramel.
- Add red wine vinegar. Stir to combine.
- Add veal glaze and reduce slightly.
- Add orange zest, quatre epice and juice and reduce again until thick and glossy.
- Whisk in butter.
- Now slice the rested duck thickly.
For the bean salad:
Mix through fresh parsley, thyme and finely chopped garlic and the olive oil.
Serve slices of duck breast over the bean salad with a spoonful of the sauce.
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