Duckling roasted with raisins (Canard roti aux raisins)
Carrots of several colours are popular, either cooked alone or chopped into soups and meat dishes. Photo: Gordon Beck
This recipe was a favourite at Restaurant Le Saint-Martin east of Knowlton when Eric Hébert was chef. He cooked it partly on top of the stove, partly in a hot oven. It’s been simplified for the home cook.
Duckling Roasted with Raisins
2015-04-06 15:45:51
Serves 2
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon (15 mL) unsalted butter
- 5 dry shallots, chopped
- 2 tablespoons (30 mL) raisins
- 2 to 3 tablespoons (30 to 45 mL) honey
- 1/4 cup (50 mL) red port wine
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) fond brun (brown sauce)* or thickened beef or veal stock
- Raisin-onion mixture for trim
- 2 tablespoons (30 mL) duck fat trimmed from breast
- 2 fresh duck breasts, about 8 ounces (250 g) each
Instructions
- Heat butter in medium heavy saucepan over medium heat and cook shallots just until they are softened but not browned, about two minutes. Stir in raisins and honey.
- When mixture is hot, stir in port and simmer mixture until it is reduced and thickened. Then stir in fond brun and continue to simmer until mixture is of desired consistency. Pour sauce through a sieve, return to saucepan and keep warm; reserve raisin-onion mixture.
- Heat duck fat in heavy frying pan over medium-high heat and brown duck breast, skin side down, for six to seven minutes, depending on size.
- Carefully drain off fat in pan, turn breast and brown the other side. Lower heat to medium and continue to cook until meat is tender and cooked to medium, about two to three minutes more. Transfer to platter and keep warm for a few minutes to tenderize meat.
- Slice duck thinly. Divide hot sauce between four heated serving plates, top with an equal amount of sliced duck and trim each plate with raisin-onion mixture.
Notes
- *This product is available in specialty butcher shops, fine food shops; good meat stock may be substituted after it has been reduced to a gravy consistency.
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