Duck Breast with Cherry Sauce
Ingredients
2
duck breasts*
3
ounces
butter
fresh thyme
garlic
to taste
onion
to taste
salt and pepper
to taste
Ingredients for the sauce
1
teaspoon
sugar
1
cup
cherries
seedless
1
cup
port
2
onions,
chopped
2
tablespoons
tablespoons
olive oil
to taste
salt
to taste
Instructions
Make transversal cuts to the duck’s skin.
In a frying pan with olive oil, stir-fry the breasts at medium heat.
Season with salt and pepper on both sides.
Add the butter, thyme, garlic, and onion. Cook for 3 or 4 minutes.
Flip the breasts and set them aside to cool them off. Cut in slices and serve in a plate, bathing the cuts with the cherry sauce.
Flip the breasts and set them aside to cool them off. Cut in slices and serve in a plate, bathing the cuts with the cherry sauce.
Directions for the sauce
In a frying pan with olive oil, stir-fry the onion until it turns transparent.
Add the cherries to release their own sugars.
Add sugar and wine, and let it simmer.
Add the butter to thicken the sauce, and to add flavor.
Lower the heat to reduce the sauce.
When the sauce gets the right consistency, bathe the duck with it.
Suggestion: garnish the plate with some cherries.
*you can also use chicken breasts
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