Duck À l'Orange
Ingredients
2
duck breasts, thawed completely in the refrigerator (if frozen)
- kosher salt and freshly ground Kowalski's Black Peppercorns, to taste
½ cup
dry white wine
½ cup
Kowalski's Signature Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice
¼ cup
low-sodium chicken broth
½ cup
orange marmalade
2 tbsp.
Kowalski's Unsalted Butter, cold
2
navel oranges (such as Sky Valley Heirloom Navel Oranges), supremed (see Tasty Tip)
Directions
- Let duck breasts stand at room temperature for 30 min.
- Slice through fat in a crosshatch pattern, with cuts ½" apart in two perpendicular directions; season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Heat a large oven-safe skillet over high heat. Add duck, skin side down; cook on first side until a moderately dark crust forms and breasts release easily from the pan (about 5 min.).
- Flip breasts; move pan to preheated oven. Cook until duck nearly reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, cook for about 12 min. to an internal temperature of 125° temperature will increase to 130° or more as it rests).
- Remove pan from oven; transfer breasts to a cutting board. Tent loosely with foil; let rest for 10 min.
- Pour as much fat as possible from the pan; strain and reserve for another use, such as our recipe for Duck Fat Roasted Potatoes, if desired.
- Place pan on the stovetop over high heat. Add wine, scraping up brown bits with a wooden spoon; cook for 1 min. Add juice and broth; bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to medium-high; cook until sauce is reduced by at least ⅓.
- Strain sauce; return to the pan and heat just until boiling.
- Remove pan from heat; season sauce with salt and pepper to taste.
- Whisk in marmalade and butter until sauce is glossy and slightly thickened.
- Slice duck breasts into ½" slices; arrange on a serving platter or individual serving plates with orange segments between slices. Spoon sauce over top.
Tasty Tip:
- To supreme an orange, slice off the top and bottom ends of the fruit, exposing the brightly colored flesh; place one of these flat ends on a stable cutting board. Using a sharp knife, cut downward along the contour of the fruit to remove the peel and white pith from all sides. Hold the peeled fruit in one hand over a large bowl; use your other hand to carefully cut down into the fruit alongside the membranes to release the segments into the bowl.