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🍽️ Oven Duck Breast with Apricots and Nuts

402 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 200 g apricots
• 2 large duck breast fillets (kitchen-ready, each 350 g)
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 4 tbsp apricot jam
• 1 tbsp hazelnut kernels
• 1 tbsp shelled pistachios

Instructions

1. 1. Pour boiling water over the apricots.
2. 2. Shock the fruits immediately with cold water.
3. 3. Peel the skin off the apricots.
4. 4. Halve the apricots and remove the pits.
5. 5. Preheat the oven to 100 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
6. 6. Wash the duck breasts and pat them dry with kitchen paper.
7. 7. Season the meat with salt and pepper.
8. 8. Fry the duck breasts in a hot pan without fat until the skin side is golden brown.
9. 9. Remove the breasts from the pan.
10. 10. Place one duck breast skin-side down on a baking sheet.
11. 11. Distribute the apricots over the meat.
12. 12. Place the second duck breast skin-side up on top.
13. 13. Tie the meat parcel securely with kitchen twine.
14. 14. Cook the duck breast in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes until pink.
15. 15. Warm the jam slightly in the meantime.
16. 16. Drizzle the duck breast occasionally with the jam during cooking.
17. 17. Lightly roast the nuts and pistachios in a pan without fat.
18. 18. Remove the nuts from the pan and let them cool.
19. 19. Coarsely chop the cooled nuts and pistachios.
20. 20. Remove the duck breast from the oven.
21. 21. Remove the kitchen twine from the meat.
22. 22. Sprinkle the duck breast with the chopped nuts.
23. 23. Serve the dish.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 402
• Protein: 25 g · Fett/Fat: 27 g · Carbs: 14 g