Crispy Skinned Duck With Truffled Red Currant Port Sauce and Tru
Crispy Skinned Duck With Truffled Red Currant Port Sauce and Tru might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 1534 calories, 62g of protein, and 50g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 69% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 2. Head to the store and pick up duck breasts, chicken broth, vegetable bouillon granules, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert.
Instructions
Combine wine, broths, thyme sprigs and bay leaves in a saucepan, bring to boil and leave on the stove until reduced to about 11/2 cups (approx 35 minutes).Reduce heat, add port and red currant jam, stir to combine, remove bay leaves and thyme sprigs.
Add butter and stir until it melts, mix a little water with the cornflour, add to sauce and stir until sauce thickens.Note: Sauce can be made a day ahead of time and just reheated to save time on the day.Parsnip Mash.
Place chopped parsnips in a saucepan along with just enough milk to cover, bring to boil and boil until tender, drain reserving a little milk to blend.
Add cream, stock, reserved milk and butter to parsnips and blend or process until smooth.In a small fry pan, heat olive oil, add mushrooms and garlic, cook until mushrooms soften, stir in thyme leaves.
Add to mash and stir to combine, add truffle oil and mix well.Duck Breasts.
Add duck breasts to hot pan, not quite smoking, skin side down, cook until nicely browned and most of the duck fat has been rendered. (about 8-10 minutes).
Place duck breasts skin side up in an oven proof dish and place in preheated oven 180C, cook for 20 minutes, gives a nice pink centre, or cook to desired doneness.To
Place mash on plates top with sliced duck breast and drizzle sauce around plate, serve extra sauce on the side.Sauce.