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Duck with carrot confit and blood orange sauce

8 servings

90 minutes

Valery Chigarnov, chef of the restaurant "L.E.S.", shared the recipe with us.

Duck with carrot confit and blood orange sauce
Energy value per serving
Calories
419kcal
Proteins
24.6grams
Fats
22.3grams
Carbohydrates
32.6grams
Ingredients
8servings
Carrot
1 
kg
Kale
300 
g
Oranges
1 
kg
Butter
500 
g
Duck fat
500 
g
Thyme
100 
g
Garlic
100 
g
Olive oil
 
to taste
Onion
150 
g
Celery
150 
g
Water
1.5 
l
Duck stock
250 
ml
Cooking steps
  • 1

    Duck breast should be placed in the refrigerator for about 2 days to achieve the desired texture when frying.

  • 2

    Prepare a pillow from carrots. Wash the carrots and cut them into medium cubes. Set aside a third of the carrots for the broth, keep another third for garnish, and mix the last part with thyme and drizzle with olive oil.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Carrot: 1 kg
    2. Thyme: 100 g
    3. Olive oil:  to taste
  • 3

    Chop the garlic finely and add it to the carrots.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Garlic: 100 g
  • 4

    Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and send the carrots to bake until done.

  • 5

    Prepare vegetable broth. Chop onion and celery into medium cubes. Mix with carrots.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Onion: 150 g
    2. Celery: 150 g
    3. Carrot: 1 kg
  • 6

    Heat the pan and sauté the vegetables in olive oil until half-cooked. Pour in the wine and let it evaporate.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Olive oil:  to taste
    2. Dry white wine: 100 ml
  • 7

    Place the vegetables in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Water: 1.5 l
  • 8

    Combine the roasted carrots with vegetable broth and blend until smooth.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Carrot: 1 kg
    2. Water: 1.5 l
  • 9

    Prepare carrot confit and kale. Pour duck fat over the third and last part of the carrots and bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Carrot: 1 kg
    2. Duck fat: 500 g
  • 10

    Blanch the kale in boiling salted water for 1 minute. Then transfer to ice. Next, deep fry at 165 degrees.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Kale: 300 g
  • 11

    Next, prepare the sauce for the duck from red oranges. Squeeze the juice from the oranges, strain it from the pulp, and reduce it in a saucepan to a syrup consistency.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Oranges: 1 kg
  • 12

    In a pot, mix 250 grams of duck broth with reduced orange juice and reduce to a thick sauce. At the end, add 125 grams of butter. Add salt and pepper to taste.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Duck stock: 250 ml
    2. Butter: 500 g
    3. Olive oil:  to taste
  • 13

    Cut the duck breasts into several pieces and fry in the remaining butter on both sides until golden brown. Season to taste.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Duck breast: 4 pieces
    2. Butter: 500 g
    3. Olive oil:  to taste
  • 14

    Place a pillow of carrots on the plate, then the duck breast, followed by carrots and kale.

  • 15

    Drizzle with red orange sauce on top and serve.