Come Dine With Me recipes Pan-fried duck breast with a passion fruit sauce recipe

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Date Published:

26/05/2009

Add some passion to your duck, like these duck breasts in passion fruit and brandy sauce, served on Come Dine With Me Dundee

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Wash the duck breasts and pat dry with kitchen paper. Score the skins diagonally and season with sea salt and black pepper. Set aside. Cut the passion fruit in half and scoop the flesh into a bowl. Stir in the orange juice, soy sauce and garlic with a little salt and a pinch of sugar.

2. Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan. Place the duck breasts, skin-side down, in the pan and cook over a medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes until the fat flows and the skin becomes golden and crisp. Turn the duck over and cook on the other side for 3-4 minutes until lightly browned. Transfer to a baking tray and put in the oven for a further 5-6 minutes.

3. Carefully pour most of the fat out of the pan into a heatproof bowl (keep for roasting potatoes at another date.) Add the orange juice and passion fruit mixture to the pan and bring to a simmer. As soon as it is foaming, stir in the cherry brandy and simmer together until well reduced, adding any extra juices that may have collected underneath the duck.

4. Put the duck on a board and cut in half diagonally. Divide between six warmed plates and spoon a little of the sauce over each serving. Serve with mashed potatoes and freshly cooked seasonal vegetables.

Please note this recipe is the contestant's own and has not been tested professionally. Like the Come Dine With Me contestants, you could be creating a culinary delight or dining disaster, so switch on your ovens and be bold.

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