Roast Duck Breasts with Pomegranate-Chile Sauce
Roast Duck Breasts with Pomegranate-Chile Sauce might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 31g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 335 calories. This recipe covers 28% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet. A mixture of coarse kosher salt, duck breast halves, water, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.
Instructions
Stir sugar and 1/2 cup water in heavylarge saucepan over medium heat untilsugar dissolves. Increase heat; boil untilsyrup is deep amber color, swirling panoccasionally, about 8 minutes.
Add juice,broth, and California chiles. Boil until sauceis reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 25 minutes.
Remove from heat; cool. Puree in tightlycovered blender until smooth, about 2minutes.
Whisk in adobosauce, vinegar, and cumin. Season to tastewith generous amount of coarse salt andpepper. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 weekahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm over lowheat before using.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Score skinof duck (don't cut into flesh) with 5 cuts in1 direction; repeat in opposite direction,making diamond pattern.
Sprinkle duck allover with coarse salt, pepper, and groundcoriander.
Place 2 large ovenproof skilletsover medium-high heat.
Add duck, skin sidedown, to skillets, dividing equally. Cookduck until skin is crisp and deep brown,about 7 minutes. Turn duck over; cook 1minute.
Transfer skillets tooven. Roast duck until cooked to mediumrare,about 5 minutes.
Transfer duck to cutting board.
Letrest 5 minutes. Thinly slice each breastcrosswise on slight diagonal. Arrange sliceson plates. Spoon sauce over.
Sprinkle withpomegranate seeds.
* Available at some supermarkets and atspecialty foods stores and Latin markets.
** Dried, smoked jalapeños in a spicy tomatosauce called adobo; available at somesupermarkets and at specialty foods storesand Latin markets.