Stir fry of duck & winter vegetables

Stir fry of duck & winter vegetables

From Gordon Ramsay's Boxwood Cafè, a stir fry-cum-stew combining duck breasts and seasonal vegetables to perfection

Difficulty and servings

For the keen cook

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in just over 2 hours

Super healthy

Method

  1. Peel and quarter the onions. Peel the celeriac, parsnips and salsify, then cut into 2cm dice or lengths (they needn't be exact).
  2. Heat half the oil in a large sauté pan or wok and stir fry the vegetables (except the mushrooms) for 15-20 minutes until softened and slightly caramelised. Add the rosemary, bay, star anise and wine and boil hard over a high heat until reduced by half. Stir in the tomato purée, truffle oil, if using, stock and seasoning and continue to boil hard, uncovered, until reduced by half again. Drain the vegetables into a colander over a large bowl, then pass the sauce through a sieve into a medium saucepan. Reserve vegetables and sauce separately.
  3. Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and stir fry the mushrooms over a high heat for 5 minutes until nicely browned. Season and drain on paper towels.
  4. Wipe out the pan, leaving it with a light oily film. Heat until very hot, then add the duck breasts, skin-side down. Add seasoning and leave them for 3-4 minutes over a medium heat so they brown. Turn them over and cook the other side for 3-4 more minutes until lightly springy to the touch. If you like your duck cooked more than this, you can leave the breasts for longer, but it will become tough if overcooked - so watch it.
  5. Remove from the heat and leave to stand for 5 minutes before slicing each breast into bite-size pieces. Reheat the vegetables by tossing them in the pan with 1 tablespoon duck fat, adding coriander and seasoning at the last moment. At the same time, simmer the sauce and taste for seasoning.
  6. To serve, pile the vegetables in the centre of a warmed large platter, surround with the duck and top with mushrooms. Drizzle the sauce over and serve any extra separately.
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Choosing the best duck

Choose dark, full-flavoured duck such as Gressingham or Barbary. We used packets of Sainsbury's Gressingham fillets, two breasts weighing a total of 300g/10oz, but if you buy large duck breasts, allow one between 2 servings.

404 kcalories, protein 28g, carbohydrate 13g, fat 23 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 5g, salt 1.17 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2003.

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  • Binder photo eloise-georgia

    08 January 2012

    eloise-georgia commented on this recipe

    I made this for initially for 2 people by only doing a 1/4 of the amount of each ingredient stated, however it made enough for 3 people. I couldn't buy salsify in any shops so i didn't use it however i did use the star anise which added a sweet taste to the dish and truffle oil which was full of flavour. Instead of using Duck Breasts i used 1 packet of gressinghams mini fillets which although do not seem alot easily serve at least 3 people in this recipe. When I cooked the winter vegetables i added chicken stock and boiling water and regular intervals as it took me 3 attempts to try and get the stir fry right as when there was no liguid in there they burnt within a few minutes even when i was tossing them and they were on a low heat. I loved this recipe and will be making it again. Even with the adaptions it is full of flavour.

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Difficulty and servings

For the keen cook

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in just over 2 hours

Super healthy

Easy-to-serve main course

Ingredients

  • 4 small red onions
  • 1 celeriac , weighing about 850g/1lb 14oz
  • 3 medium parsnips
  • 4 medium salsify (total weight about 400g/14oz) or baby turnips
  • 125ml olive oil
  • 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
  • 2 large bay leaves
  • 2 star anise
  • 400ml red wine
  • 2 tsp tomato purée
  • 2 tsp truffle oil (optional, but nice)
  • 1l chicken stock , preferably homemade
  • 250g wild mushrooms in season or baby chestnut button mushrooms
  • 8 duck breasts , about 140-175g/5-6oz each
  • about 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
  • Basmati pilaff to serve
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404 kcalories, protein 28g, carbohydrate 13g, fat 23 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 5g, salt 1.17 g

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