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🍽️ Crispy Duck Breast with Orange Cranberry Sauce
1167 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 bag croquettes
- 2 duck breast fillets
- 4 oranges
- 1 jar poultry stock
- 350 g cranberries
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- salt
- pepper from the mill
Instructions
- 1. Place the croquettes on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
- 2. Bake the croquettes in the preheated oven at 225 degrees conventional heat (level 6) or 200 degrees convection for 30 minutes.
- 3. Rinse the duck breast fillets under running water and then pat them dry with kitchen paper.
- 4. Place the fillets skin-side down in a large, heat-resistant pan.
- 5. Fry the duck breast until golden brown.
- 6. Turn the fillets and fry the meat side as well.
- 7. Juice two oranges to extract the juice.
- 8. Pour off the excess fat from the pan.
- 9. Add the poultry stock and the freshly squeezed orange juice to the pan.
- 10. Scrape up the browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
- 11. Peel the remaining oranges.
- 12. Carefully cut out the fillets between the white membranes.
- 13. Catch the juice that escapes from the fillets.
- 14. Rinse the cranberries under running water.
- 15. Melt the sugar in a stainless steel pot until it turns golden brown and caramelizes.
- 16. Remove the pot from the heat.
- 17. Add the butter and stir until it has dissolved.
- 18. Add the orange juice and cranberries to the caramel mixture.
- 19. Let the sauce simmer for 15 minutes.
- 20. Remove the duck breasts from the oven.
- 21. Let the breasts rest for 10 minutes covered with aluminum foil.
- 22. Pour the pan juices into a pot.
- 23. Whisk the cornstarch with a little cold water until smooth, with no lumps remaining.
- 24. Stir the cornstarch mixture into the pan juices.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 1167
- Protein: 38 g · Fett/Fat: 47 g · Carbs: 145 g