Duck Breast Recipe w Caramelised Spring Onions, Sautéed Potatoes and Sweet Cherry Sauce

Duck Breast Recipe w Caramelised Spring Onions, Sautéed Potatoes and Sweet Cherry Sauce (2 serves)

Take dinner to another level with this duck breast recipe full of flavour and sweet cherry sauce. A recipe easy to make and at its best taste. This recipe is produced in the SITHCC0012 Prepare Poultry Dishes as part of the SIT30816 Certificate III in Commercial Cookery.

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INGREDIENTS

• Duck Breast
• 2 large potatoes
• 4 spring onion stems
• 40ml oil
• 40g butter
• 2 tablespoon brown sugar
• parsley

Cherry Sauce

• 1 orange, zested and juiced
• 1 tablespoon ginger
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 60ml port or red wine
• 400g pitted canned cherries

METHOD

Step 1 – Preheat the oven to 190C.

Step 2 – Remove duck breasts from packaging and pat duck breasts dry with paper towel. Score the skin in a diagonal pattern and season with salt and pepper.

Step 3 – Heat a frying pan until you can feel moderate heat coming off it. Place the duck skin side down for 5 minutes, or until the skin is golden. Turn the duck over for 2 minutes skin side up.

Step 4 – Remove the duck from the pan and place in a roasting tray. Cook in the oven for 8 -10 minutes, or until pink in the middle. Let the duck breast rest for at least 5 minutes before slicing into it.

Step 5 – Par boil potatoes and slice, sauté potatoes with butter and parsley.

Step 6 – In a hot pan, add spring onion stems, add butter and brown sugar and sauté until caramelised.

Step 7 – Place orange juice and zest, ginger, soy sauce, port and cherries in a pan, bring to the boil then turn down the heat and simmer until reduced to desired thickness. Enjoy!