duck breast with orange sauce
By: aromaticpassion
tags: duck breast, food, honey, main courses, orange, recipes
Category: main courses
1 duck breast with skin, aprox. 500g/1lb
marinade:
1 orange, juice only
3 tablespoons brandy
salt & pepper
for sauce:
1 orange, segments without skin
1 cup stock
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons butter
combine all of the marinade ingredients and put into a freezer bag with the duck breast for 3 hours or so
preheat the oven to 240°C/475°F
take duck brest out from marinade dry it and place in a cool frying pan skin-side down
fry the duck until the skin is golden brown
turn it around and fry a couple of minutes until nicely browned
(should be slightly pink in the middle)
then place the duck into ovenproof dish, cover and keep in the oven for ten minutes
take it out from the oven and let it rest for 5 minutes, slice
in the meantime remove duck fat from the pan and put it aside
pour orange juice, honey, brandy, stock into the pan and simmer
when the sauce has reduced remove the pan from heat, add butter and stir
then add orange segments into the sauce and cook them another 2 minutes
serve the duck breast on a plate with orange segments
and pour over the orange sauce
