Crispy Duck Breast with Orange Sauce

Name: Crispy Duck Breast with Orange Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 duck breast; 1 orange; 1½ dl chicken stock; 1 tbsp honey; 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 1 fresh thyme; 20 g butter; salt to taste; black pepper to taste

Prep10 minCook20 minTotal30 minDifficultyMedium

Ingredients

2 servings

Contains: Milk, Celery, Sulphites

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Nutrition

Per serving

Calories: 860.7; total 1721.4
Protein: 65.3 g; total 130.6 g
Carbs: 21.1 g; total 42.1 g
Fat: 56.6 g; total 113.2 g

Estimated · based on 6 of 9 ingredients

Duck breast rendered to shatteringly crisp skin and served pink with a glossy orange pan sauce. A bistro classic you can master at home.

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Method

1
- duck breast2
- saltto taste
- black pepperto taste
Score and season the duck — Score the duck skin in a criss-cross without cutting the flesh and season both sides well with salt and pepper.
2
- duck breast2
Render and crisp the skin — Place the breasts skin-side down in a cold pan and cook over medium heat for 8 minutes, pouring off the fat, until the skin is deeply crisp.
3
- duck breast2
Finish cooking and rest — Turn and cook for 4 minutes for pink meat, then rest the duck on a board for 5 minutes.
4
- duck breast2
- orange1
- chicken stock1½ dl
- honey1 tbsp
- balsamic vinegar1 tbsp
- fresh thyme1
- butter20 g
Make the orange sauce — Pour off most of the fat, then simmer the orange juice, stock, honey, balsamic, and thyme for 8 minutes into a glossy sauce. Whisk in the butter, slice the duck, and serve.

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