Duck with oriental passion fruit & orange sauce

Duck with oriental passion fruit & orange sauce

A perfect treat for two

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 2

Preperation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 40 mins

Method

  1. Use a sharp knife to score the fatty skin on the duck breasts in a diamond pattern - this helps the fat to drain off. Set aside. Halve the passion fruit, scoop out the pulp into a small bowl and reserve.
  2. Heat the oil to a medium heat in a frying pan and cook the duck breasts, skin side down, for 5- 6 minutes until the skin is golden. Turn them over and cook for 6-7 minutes until tender. Take care, as the fat has a tendency to spit.
  3. Put the duck aside on 2 warm plates and keep warm. Drain off all but 1 tbsp of duck fat and cook the garlic until it is just starting to turn golden - no more or it will burn and taste bitter. Stir in the passion fruit pulp, orange juice, sugar and soy sauce. Bring to the boil, and let it bubble away until reduced by two-thirds, about 7-10 minutes. Season, then pour in any of the tasty juices from the duck.
  4. Pass the sauce through a sieve, then pick out a few of the little black pips and add them to the sauce for decoration and crunch. Spoon a little sauce around each duck breast and serve with a simple rocket salad and some boiled white and wild rice.
Try

Make it for one

If you're eating solo, this recipe easily adapts for one. Simply halve the ingredients and use a small pan to fry the duck. Keep an eye on the sauce in step 3 - it will reduce pretty fast.

509 kcalories, protein 29g, carbohydrate 14g, fat 38 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 0g, salt 1.69 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2002.

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  • 18 February 2008

    bingo99 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    The flavours in this recipe work really well together. If I was served it in a posh restaurant I would be complementing the chef afterwards!!! - Recommended!!!

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  • 15 May 2008

    lynette rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    initially the smell of the passion fruit was quite off putting but the end product was fantastic a lovely dish for a a special night for 2.

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  • 18 September 2008

    HayleyGrice rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Looked good and worked well. Made it for one and should have listened to the advice in the tip above - it reduced really quickly so wasn't really much "sauce" left to push through the sieve! Also overcooked the duck at the times stated above, would probably reduce by one min each.

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 2

Preperation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 40 mins

Ingredients

  • 2 duck breasts fillets, with skin on
  • 2 passion fruits
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove , chopped
  • juice of 2 oranges
  • 1 tbsp light muscovado sugar
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • rocket salad and wild rice , to serve
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