Marinated Pan- Roasted Duck Breasts
"I prepare this on special occasions such as a romantic New Year's Eve dinner or my husband's birthday. Though I prefer tarragon, you could use basil leaves or rosemary instead. I keep it simple, serving with oven roasted herbed-potatoes (over which the sauce is excellent) and fresh asparagus."
- Ready In:
- 12hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 2 duck breasts, preferably magret (6-8 oz each)
- 236.59 ml white wine
- 59.14 ml soy sauce
- 2 clove garlic, chopped
- 6 sprig fresh tarragon
- fresh coarse ground black pepper
- 14.79 ml butter
- 59.14 ml sherry wine
directions
- For marinade: Combine wine, soy sauce, garlic, tarragon and pepper in a shallow bowl large enough to contain both breasts side by side.
- Marinate the breasts overnight.
- Just before cooking, strain marinade liquid into saucepan.
- Heat a large saute pan without any oil.
- Score the fatty side of each breast several times.
- Pan-roast breasts, FAT-side down for about 2 minutes.
- Turn to flesh side, and cook another 10 minutes.
- Remove from saute pan to cutting board.
- At the same time as you are cooking the breasts, bring marinade to boil, adding butter and sherry.
- Boil vigorously 5 minutes or until slightly reduced and beginning to thicken.
- Slice breast thinly on the bias, away from the fat.
- Return the slices BRIEFLY to the hot saute pan to brown.
- By this I mean literally lay each slice in the pan, immediately turn it over, and remove.
- This will cook the duck medium rare.
- Serve with sauce.
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GREAT! Make extra sauce to serve with London Broil for elegant leftovers!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
FlemishMinx
Belgium
I am an American married to a Belgian, and have lived in Belgium since December 1999. Cooking is my major hobby. I'm also an avid reader, but I have difficulty finding the time. I love to travel. Since moving to Europe I've been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to go a couple of times per year to Paris, as well as having visited London, Rome, Florence, Naples, Amsterdam, and of course Brussels and Antwerp. I've seen at least parts of most regions of France, as well as parts of Germany, Austria, a great deal of Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Luxembourg, and Monaco. I'm absolutely in love with the Bay of Naples and Sorrento coast areas of Italy, which my husband and I recently re-visited on a trip that included Rome, Puglia, Umbria and Marche. I'm still looking forward to Ireland, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic . . . the list is too long ! One of the bonuses of travel is getting to taste the local cuisine, and afterward trying to figure out how to duplicate it at home.
I think cooking is one of the nicest things a person can do for someone they love (including themself!)
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