Roast duck with cranberry and sour cherry sauce

Name: Roast duck with cranberry and sour cherry sauce
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 6 duck breasts; 4 shallots finely chopped; olive oil; 2 bay leaves; 1 star anise; orange one piece of zest peeled off as a thick strip; 2 tbsp light brown muscovado sugar; 100ml red wine; 250ml chicken stock; 50g dried sour cherries or dried cherries; 50g cranberries; 1 tbsp red wine vinegar

Published: October 16, 2015 at 11:32 AM

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Serves 6

Easy

Total time: 50 mins

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This recipe for roast duck with cranberry and sour cherry sauce is a great entertaining dish as it looks and tastes impressive but is easy to make. Use fresh cranberries if they're in season, and make double of the sauce to use with other meats

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Ingredients

Nutrition

6 duck breasts
4 shallots

finely chopped
olive oil
2 bay leaves
1 star anise
orange

one piece of zest peeled off as a thick strip
2 tbsp light brown muscovado sugar
100ml red wine
250ml chicken stock
50g dried sour cherries or dried cherries
50g cranberries
1 tbsp red wine vinegar

Nutrition: per serving

kcal590
fat43.2g
carbs14.7g
fibre1g
protein30.1g
salt0.3g

Method

step 1

First make the sauce. Fry the shallots in a little oil for 5 minutes or until softened but not coloured. Add the bay leaves, star anise, orange zest and sugar, followed by the red wine and stock, then bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the cherries and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the liquid is slightly thickened, about another 10 minutes. Stir in the cranberries and heat until they pop. Add the vinegar.
step 2

Cut slashes through the skin and fat of each duck breast, making sure you don’t cut into the flesh. Rub the skin with plenty of seasoning. Put skin-side down in a cold frying pan and turn the heat to high. Once it is very hot turn the heat down a little and fry for 8 minutes or until very crisp and brown and the fat has started to melt out from under the skin. Tip out excess fat as you go along.
step 3

Turn the breasts over and cook for another 3-5 minutes or until they feel firm to the touch but not too solid – they will be pink in the middle. Rest for 5 minutes while you reheat the sauce (add a splash more water if you need to) and fish out the bay leaves, star anise and orange. Slice each breast and serve with the sauce and roast potatoes.

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