Roasted duck breast with orange sauce
This roasted duck breast with a simple orange sauce is the perfect introductory recipe to working with duck meat and nailing it
Equipment
- frying pan
- oven dish
Ingredients
- 2 duck breasts
- 2 oranges
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Clean up the duck breasts(especially from the sinews on the meat side. Score the skin but be careful not to pierce the meat
- Marinate it with salt and pepper and let it rest to get to a room temperature
- Turn on the oven at 200 degrees celcius. If you do not have an oven safe pan, then place the oven dish in the oven to heat up as well
- Place the duck breasts skin side down in a cold pan and then on medium heat. We do not need to add oil to the pan as the duck fat will take care of that.
- let it sear in medium heat till the fat is rendered. In a normal sized duck breast, it should take you 10-15 minutes or so.
- Flip it and sear the meat side as well, just a couple of minutes
- Put it in the oven and bake for 10-20 minutes where 10 is pink in the middle and 20 is medium well depending on your preference
- while the duck is cooking, in a pan add the orange juice, the zest and the sugar. Bring everything to simmer and reduce to half
- If you want to add a bit of heat, add some pepper flakes to it
- in a glass, mix the cornstarch with equal parts water. Throw this in the sauce and mix till everything is incorporated.
- Taste the sauce, add salt and pepper to adjust the taste profile
- Now that the duck is ready, let it rest for a couple of minutes before cutting it.
- I would recommend serving it with the sauce on the side