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🍽️ Crispy Duck Breast with Apples and a Fine Onion Sauce

380 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 tart apples
• 400 g duck breast fillet (2 duck breast fillets)
• salt
• pepper
• 2 tsp honey
• 2 sprigs thyme
• 4 red onions
• 100 ml red wine
• 200 ml poultry stock
• 4 tbsp Calvados
• 2 cloves
• 1 tbsp apple jelly

Instructions

1. 1. Wash the apples thoroughly.
2. 2. Quarter the apples and remove the core.
3. 3. Cut the apple quarters into bite-sized pieces.
4. 4. Rinse the duck breast fillets under cold water.
5. 5. Pat the fillets dry with a kitchen towel.
6. 6. Score the duck skin in a diamond pattern.
7. 7. Season the duck breast with salt and pepper.
8. 8. Heat a pan over medium heat.
9. 9. Place the duck breast skin-side down in the hot pan.
10. 10. Fry the skin side for about 5 minutes until golden brown.
11. 11. Turn the duck breast and fry the other side briefly.
12. 12. Place the duck breast on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
13. 13. Brush the duck breast lightly with honey.
14. 14. Distribute the apple pieces around the duck breast.
15. 15. Lightly salt the apples.
16. 16. Drizzle the remaining honey over the apples.
17. 17. Place sprigs of thyme on the duck breast and apples.
18. 18. Preheat the oven to 120 degrees Celsius (convection 100 degrees Celsius or gas mark 1).
19. 19. Cook the duck breast in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes until pink.
20. 20. Peel the onions while the duck is cooking.
21. 21. Cut the onions into wedges.
22. 22. Pour off the fat from the frying pan.
23. 23. Fry the onion wedges briefly in the remaining pan juices.
24. 24. Deglaze the onions with wine.
25. 25. Add meat stock and Calvados.
26. 26. Add cloves to the sauce.
27. 27. Simmer the liquid until only about one third remains.
28. 28. Stir the jelly into the sauce.
29. 29. Remove the cloves from the sauce.
30. 30. Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
31. 31. Take the duck breast out of the oven.
32. 32. Let the duck breast rest briefly.
33. 33. Slice the duck breast.
34. 34. Serve the duck breast slices with the apples and onion sauce.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 380
• Protein: 21 g · Fett/Fat: 20 g · Carbs: 18 g