Pan-fried Duck Breast with Red Wine Orange Sauce
Aug 25th, 2010 Posted in Duck recipes | no comment »
Ingredients :
2 pcs French duck breast halves
little Salt and black pepper
Seasoning :
4 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp water
50ml red wine
100ml orange juice
shallots 2 tbsp, minced
100ml chicken stock
20g chilled butter
1/peeled orange
Directions:
Orange syrupy sauce
To make the sauce, boil the sugar and water until the syrup caramelizes and turns a golden brown color. Add red wine, orange juice, shallots and chicken stock. Simmer until the sauce is reduced by half. Add chilled butter to thicken the sauce then stir in orange sections.
1.Preheat oven to 200℃; cross hatch the duck breast on the skin side and season with crushed black pepper and salt.
2.Heat a frying pan and pan-fry the duck breast skin side down over medium heat until golden brown and crispy skin.Turn over and sear the other side until brown.
3.Transfer the duck breast to a roasting tin and roast for approximately 8 minutes for medium-rare. Remove from the oven and leave at a warm place to rest for 5 minutes.
4.Serve pan-fried duck breasts with orange sauce.


