Roasted Breast Duck with Baby Vegetables and Cherries

A restaurant-style duck dish featuring a port and cherry jus, fondant potatoes, spiced duck breast, and blanched baby vegetables.

Estimated Nutrition

Per Serving Total
Calories 1225.3 kcals 2450.5 kcals
Carbohydrates 70.4 grams 140.8 grams
Fat 76.1 grams 152.2 grams
Protein 57.7 grams 115.4 grams
Cook Time
60 mins
Produces
2 people
Allergies
Vegetarian
Vegan
Dairy Free
Gluten Free

Ingredients

CondimentsSauces
475
ml
Veal Jus
or stock
Dairy
100
g
Butter
divided for potatoes and serving
Fruits
20
piece
Cherries
soaked in liqueur, stones removed
Liquids
5
tbsp
Meat
2
piece
Duck Breasts
fat trimmed
NutsSeeds
2
cloves
Garlic
peeled and left whole
2
sprigs
3
piece
Star Anise
split between jus and spice mix
1
piece
Vanilla Pod
halved and seeds scraped
1
stick
4
piece
0.5
tsp
1
unit
Salt
to taste
1
unit
Black Pepper
to taste
OilsFats
Vegetables
1
piece
Onion
roughly chopped
1
piece
Carrot
roughly chopped
1
piece
Leek
roughly chopped
2
piece
Potatoes
large, peeled
1
bunch
Carrots
baby, peeled and trimmed
1
bunch
Leeks
baby, trimmed
1
bunch
Turnips
baby, halved and trimmed
2
tbsp
Beetroot Cress
baby, or baby chard

Steps

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  • Roast duck bones, vegetables, and one garlic clove for 30-40 minutes until golden.
  • Transfer roasted items to a large pan and add veal jus, thyme, and star anise.
  • Simmer the stock for four hours, skimming impurities, then strain through muslin cloth.
  • Reduce port and vanilla to a thick syrup, then add stock and reduce to a gravy.
  • Cut potatoes into 3cm cylinders and fry in oil until golden on one side.
  • Add chicken stock, garlic, thyme, and butter to the potatoes and bake for 8 minutes.
  • Blend spice mix ingredients and preheat oven to 200°C.
  • Press duck skin into spice mix and season.
  • Sear duck skin-side down in a hot pan, then roast in oven for 6-8 minutes.
  • Rest the duck for five minutes.
  • Blanch baby vegetables in boiling water, then refresh in ice water.
  • Reheat jus with cherries and remove vanilla pod.
  • Sauté spinach in butter and season.
  • Sauté blanched baby vegetables in a small knob of butter.
  • Layer spinach, a potato cylinder, and sliced duck nuggets on plates.
  • Arrange vegetables, spoon over cherry jus, and garnish with cress.