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Duck with passion fruit & orange sauce

Duck breast in sauce, with rice and salad on a plate

Duck with passion fruit & orange sauce

Name: Duck with passion fruit & orange sauce
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 duck breast fillets, skin on; 2 passion fruit; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 garlic clove chopped; 2 oranges juiced; 1 tbsp light muscovado sugar; 1 tbsp soy sauce; rocket salad and wild rice to serve

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Serves 2

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Prep: 30 mins - 40 mins

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Treat someone to pan-fried duck breasts glazed in a beautifully sticky orange, soy and passion fruit sauce. It’s quick, easy and sure to impress

Easily doubled

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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2 duck breast

fillets, skin on
2 passion fruit
1 tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove

chopped
2 oranges

juiced
1 tbsp light muscovado sugar
1 tbsp soy sauce
rocket salad and wild rice

to serve

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal509
fat38g
saturates10g
carbs14g
sugars8g
fibre0g
protein29g
salt1.69g

Method

step 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.
step 2

Heat the oil in a frying pan on a medium heat and cook the duck breasts, skin-side-down, for 5-6 mins until the skin is golden. Turn them over and cook for 6-7 mins more until tender. Take care – the fat can spit.
step 3

Set aside the duck on two warm plates. Drain off all but 1 tbsp of duck fat and cook the garlic until it starts 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 mins. Season, then pour in any of the juices from the duck.
step 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 the rocket salad and rice.

RECIPE TIPS

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.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2002

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