SEARED DUCK BREAST
Steps:
- With a sharp knife, score the fat of the duck breast in a crisscross pattern, being careful to not cut into the meat. Season the duck with salt and pepper. Warm a cast-iron or heavy-bottomed pan over medium-low heat and add enough oil to just coat the bottom of the pan.
- Place the duck breast fat-side down in the skillet to render off the fat, about 8 minutes. Once the fat has rendered out and the skin is golden brown and crisp, turn the duck breast over and add the butter, thyme and garlic. Turn up the heat to medium-high and, once the butter is foamy, begin basting the duck breast using a spoon. Continue basting until the duck breast reaches medium rare and measures 135 to 140 degrees F. on an instant-read thermometer, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the pan and let rest for 3 to 4 minutes before slicing.
ROAST DUCK BREAST WITH DRIED CHERRIES AND PORT
Steps:
- Wrap each duck breast in plastic wrap and pound them with a meat mallet until each breast is about 1 inch thick. Place the duck on a plate, sprinkle both sides with a total of 4 teaspoons salt, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or overnight.
- When ready to cook the duck, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Score the skin of the duck breasts with a sharp knife, making a crosshatch pattern but not cutting down to the meat.
- In a large (12-inch) heavy-bottomed, ovenproof skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Place the duck breasts in the pan, skin side down. Cook uncovered over medium heat for 12 to 15 minutes, discarding the fat from the pan occasionally, until the skin is very browned. Turn the duck with tongs, place the skillet in the oven, and roast for 12 to 18 minutes, until the internal temperature of the duck is 120 degrees F for rare. Remove from the oven, cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil, and allow the duck to rest for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the sauce. Melt the butter over medium-high heat in a medium saucepan. Add the shallots and saute for 2 minutes, until tender. Add the vinegar and cook for one minute. Add the Port, chicken stock, cherries, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper, bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in the crème fraîche, orange zest, and orange juice and keep warm over low heat.
- Transfer the duck to a cutting board and slice diagonally, fanning the slices out on 4 dinner plates. Spoon the sauce generously on top, sprinkle with salt, and serve hot with extra sauce on the side.
DUCK BREASTS WITH CITRUS PORT CHERRY SAUCE
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Score the skin of the duck breast with a knife in 2 directions, crossing over each other (makes a crosshatch). Season both sides of each duck breast with salt and pepper.
- In a large nonstick skillet, over medium-high heat, place the duck breasts skin side down. Sear the breasts until the skin is golden brown about 10 minutes, flip and sear the other side for just 3 minutes. Place the seared duck breasts in a baking dish skin side up, and put them in oven. Bake for 12 minutes. Remove the duck breasts from the oven and allow them to rest for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, pour off most excess fat from skillet, and place it back on the stovetop over medium heat. Add the shallots and saute until translucent. Pour in the port wine and orange juice, and scrape up any brown bits on the bottom of the pan. Add the orange zest and chopped cherries and bring to a boil. Simmer for about 5 minutes to reduce the mixture and thicken, mashing the cherries with the back of a wooden spoon to extract flavor as they cook.
- Slice the breasts into 1/4-inch slices on a diagonal. Pour the cherry port sauce over the top and enjoy!
- Cook's Note: excess duck fat can be refrigerated and is great for cooking potatoes or eggs.
PAN SEARED DUCK BREAST WITH CHERRY PORT WINE REDUCTION
Time 1h
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- 1. Heat olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Saute shallots and rosemary for one minute.
- 2. Add port wine, chicken stock, vinegar, cherries, salt, and pepper to the skillet. Mash cherries with the back of a fork. Increase heat and reduce to approximately 1 1/4 cups. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
- 3. Transfer sauce to a blender or the bowl of a food processor. Process until smooth. If making the sauce ahead of time, store blended sauce in refrigerator until serving.
- 4. Immediately prior to serving, transfer sauce back to skillet and heat through. Add butter and whisk until melted and incorporated.
- 1. Score the skin of the breasts with a sharp knife in a diamond pattern.
- 2. Place a large iron or non-stick skillet over medium low heat. Place breasts in skillet, skin side down. Cook for approximately 8 to 10 minutes or fat is rendered.
- 3. Increase heat to medium high heat and turn breasts meat side down. Continue cooking for about 5 minutes. Turn skin side down again for 1 to 2 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 130 degrees for medium rare. If you prefer the breasts be medium, continue cooking until internal temperature reaches 140 to 145 degrees. Cooking time can vary according to thickness of breasts.
- 4. Let duck rest for five to ten minutes. Slice and serve over a pool of cherry port reduction.
Nutrition Facts : Serving Size 1 duck breast
SEARED DUCK BREAST WITH PLUMS AND PORT
This recipe is from "Bistro Cooking at Home" by Gordon Hamersley. It is an excellent way to prepare duck, and it is not very difficult. An excellent main course for a holiday meal or for a dinner party. This pairs very nicely with a Zinfandel, a Syrah or a Shiraz.
Provided by xtine
Categories Duck Breasts
Time 1h
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, 1/4 cup of the port, the shallot, ginger, red pepper flakes, cumin and pepper. Stir to combine.
- Trim away the silverskin from the meat side of the duck breasts and trim away any excess skin and fat along the edges. Score the skin by making diagonal cuts just through the skin at 1/8-inch intervals. Put the duck breasts, skin side up, on a large rimmed plate and pour the marinade over them. Marinate, turning the breasts over once or twice during the process, for 1 hour at room temperature.
- To cook the plums and make the sauce:.
- Heat the butter in a small sauté pan over medium-high heat until hot. Season the plums with salt and pepper and cook, tossing them occasionally, until they are browned, about 5 minutes. Using a flexible spatula, transfer the plums and most of the butter to a plate. To the pan the plums were cooked in, add the remaining 1 cup of port and the chicken stock. Remove the duck breasts from the marinade and pour the marinade into the pan as well. Bring the liquid to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook until reduced by almost half. Add the browned plums to the sauce and continue to cook over lowest heat until the plums are tender (the time it takes for all this to happen is about the same time as it takes for the duck to cook).
- To cook the duck:.
- Pat the duck breasts dry with paper towels. Heat enough vegetable oil to coat the bottom of a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the duck, skin side down. As the meat cooks, fat will render. Pour this fat off, using a large spatula or plate to hold the breasts in place. Keep pouring off the fat as the duck cooks, adjusting the heat if the skin begins to burn (use your nose to detect any burning, as the sugar in the port as well as the soy sauce will blacken the skin). While the duck cooks, check on the sauce; if it seems to be reducing too much, remove from the heat.
- Turn the duck over when almost all of the fat in the skin has melted away and the skin is dark and crispy, about 12 minutes. Cook an additional 2 minutes on the flesh side. Take the pan off the heat and let the duck rest in the pan off the heat for at least 5 minutes before slicing it. At this point you can heat up the plum sauce over low heat, if you had to take it off the heat earlier because it was in danger of becoming too reduced.
- To serve:.
- Remove the duck breasts to a cutting board, skin side up. Pour any juices (but not the fat) from the sauté pan into the pan with the plums. Slice the breasts across the grain into thin pieces, about 6 slices per breast. Place the duck slices neatly on each plate. Spoon some sauce and plums onto each plate.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 298.2, Fat 8.2, SaturatedFat 3.2, Cholesterol 71.5, Sodium 838.3, Carbohydrate 16.4, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 9.5, Protein 19.9
SEARED DUCK BREAST WITH CHERRY-PORT SAUCE
So far, this is my favorite duck recipe to date. DH and I made this easy, flavorful dish a couple of nights ago and loved it. It is from Williams-Sonoma Kitchen. I bought my demi-glace at the Williams-Sonoma store. Little did I realize it was $30 per jar! I havent looked yet, but maybe there is a recipe on Zaar for demi-glace? Anyway, I was glad I bought it and tried this dish because I will be enjoying it many more times to come. A couple of notes on this recipe: although the recipe lists this as 4 servings, I found it only served 2. Also, my stock and butter were not unsalted and the dish did not seem salty to me. Finally, Williams-Sonoma specifies that you use duck breast with skin because the fat flavors the meat when seared.
Provided by Dr. Jenny
Categories Duck Breasts
Time 45m
Yield 2-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, warm the stock until steam begins to rise from the surface, about 3 minutes. Add the dried cherries and remove from the heat.
- Season the duck breast halves with salt and pepper. Using a sharp knife, score the skin by making a crisscross pattern, being careful not to cut into the meat.
- Heat a large saute pan over medium-low heat. Place the duck, skin side down, in the pan and cook until the skin is very crisp and golden, 12-15 minutes. Turn the duck over and cook until the meat is just springy when pressed, 3-5 minutes more for rare to medium-rare, or until done to your liking.
- Transfer the duck to a warmed platter, cover loosely with aluminum foil and let rest for 3 to 5 minutes before carving.
- Pour off all but 1 Tb fat from the pan. Set the pan over medium heat, add the shallot and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and translucent, about 3 minutes.
- Add the port, bring to a boil and cook until it is almost evaporated, about 3 minutes.
- Add the stock and cherries and the demi-glace, and cook until slightly thickened, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the butter and whisk until completely incorporated.
- Taste and season with salt and pepper.
- Using a sharp carving knife, cut the duck across the grain into thin slices and arrange on a warmed platter. Pour the sauce over the meat and serve immediately.
PANFRIED DUCK BREASTS WITH DRIED CHERRY-PORT SAUCE
Make and share this Panfried Duck Breasts With Dried Cherry-Port Sauce recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ratherbeswimmin
Categories Duck Breasts
Time 55m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine the Port and dried cherries; set aside.
- Using a thin-bladed, sharp knife, score the skin of each duck breast half in a crosshatch pattern, taking care not to cut into the flesh.
- In a small bowl, mix 3/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper.
- Season the breasts on both sides with the salt mixture.
- Place the duck breasts, skin side down, in a cold, large nonstick frying pan.
- Place over med-high heat and cook the breasts until the skin is crisp and a deep golden brown, about 10 minutes.
- Holding the breasts back with a spatula, pour the fat out of the pan.
- Turn the breasts and continue cooking until med-rare, about 3 minutes longer.
- Transfer the duck breasts to a cutting board and cover loosely with foil to keep warm.
- Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat from the frying pan and place over medium heat.
- Add the shallots and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 2 minutes.
- Add the Port and cherries and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Cook until the Port is reduced almost to a glaze, about 1 minute.
- Stir in the stock, return to a boil, and cook until the sauce is reduced by half, about 2 minutes.
- Remove from the heat.
- Whisk in the butter 1 tablespoon at a time, completely incorporating each addition before adding more butter.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper; keep warm.
- Holding a thin, sharp knife at a 45-degree angle, slice each duck breast half on the diagonal.
- Slip the knife under each sliced breast, transfer to individual plates and fan out the slices.
- Spoon some sauce over each breast and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 225.4, Fat 10, SaturatedFat 4.9, Cholesterol 81, Sodium 137.2, Carbohydrate 7, Sugar 3.2, Protein 18.2
SEARED DUCK BREAST HALVES WITH BALSAMIC CHERRY REDUCTION
The marinade becomes the sauce in this easy yet sophisticated recipe. (Submitted for the Ready Set Cook Summer 2004 Contest)
Provided by quantumgirl
Categories Duck Breasts
Time 35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- To prepare marinade, whisk balsamic vinegar through pepper together until combined.
- Marinate duck breast halves in a covered dish in the refrigerator for 2-10 hours, turning occasionally.
- Remove duck from marinade; reserve marinade.
- Wipe and pat duck breast halves dry with paper towels, rub on all sides with one teaspoon of olive oil, and sprinkle with salt.
- Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in a heavy skillet on medium-high until the oil starts to smoke.
- Add the duck breast halves and cook 3 minutes on each side, or until golden brown.
- Remove to platter and keep warm.
- Turn heat to high; add wine to skillet and bring to a boil, scraping the bottom to release browned bits.
- Add reserved marinade and cherries and cook, stirring frequently, several minutes or until sauce has reduced by about half.
- Taste and adjust for seasoning if needed.
- Pour reduction (sauce) over duck and serve at once.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 137.8, Fat 5, SaturatedFat 0.8, Cholesterol 0.9, Sodium 48.1, Carbohydrate 17.6, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 14.5, Protein 1.3
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