Tender and dense at the same time, duck meat is great for a romantic dinner. Of course, many people know that this bird can be cooked in different ways. For example, there are such dishes as duck breasts with cowberry sauce, honey and cherry sauces. But today we will talk about a more unusual dish. Outside the window, winter is a season of citrus, hot wine and hearty, slightly greasy dishes, including a duck breast in orange sauce.
This recipe is designed for two servings - for you and your beloved (beloved, because all men are excellent culinary specialists, only some hide it for some reason).
Duck breast with sauce
Ingredients:
- breast duck - 2 pcs .;
- olive oil - for frying;
- salt, pepper black ground - to taste.
For marinade:
- ginger (root) - 2 cm;
- garlic - 2 teeth;
- honey - 1 teaspoon;
- sauce Worcester - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- vinegar balsamic - 1 teaspoon.
For sauce:
- orange - 2 pieces;
- red wine - 1/2 tbsp .;
- Butter - 20 g.
Preparation
Usually duck breasts in stores are sold frozen, and in order not to damage this delicate product, they must thaw naturally. Therefore, transfer the breasts from the freezer to the refrigerator one day before cooking.
Where do we start?
To begin with, wash the breast with cold water and pat dry with a paper towel. Be careful not to damage the meat, do frequent incisions on the skin. This will facilitate the heating of fat, because the breast can not be called fat.
We clean and three on a grater ginger, we add the garlic, honey, balsamic and Worcester sauce passed through the press. Mix and cover with marinade breast. Leave the meat for an hour in a cool place.
We heat the frying pan with a drop of olive oil, we put salted and peppered breast from both sides of the breast skin down. Fry for about 10 minutes on low heat, turn over, and fry for another 5 minutes. Transfer the meat into a baking dish (skin up) and send it to the oven, heated to 220 degrees. The time that the meat will take in the oven depends on your preferences. Duck breast is not fully roasted. If you like "with blood", bake the breasts for 5 minutes, no, increase the time to 10. After closing the form with foil and bring the meat in the off oven for another 5 minutes.
Cooking sauce
And at this time you can make sauce. We remove (not washing!) From the frying pan fat, pour it into wine with salt, pepper and evaporate half by medium heat. We add a single orange juice, again boil twice. Add the half-slice of the cut into cubes. Remove from the fire and 3-4 times, in a piece, we introduce butter. It should completely dissolve and give the sauce a consistency and shine.
Meat is removed from the oven, cut into slices and poured with a dressing. Duck breast with orange sauce served hot, with a glass of red wine or mulled wine.