Orange Honey Duck (G,D,R,S)

Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Red Meat Free, Soy Free, Orange Honey Duck

A delicious, high class orange honey duck dish, fit for royalty. This meal is a firm favorite for those looking to impress their guests/date.

This meal has a lot of orange in it, so it’s a “Medium” Acid Rating. If you’re not good with the acid from oranges, I would give it a miss.

Rating – Medium: This can be quite a fiddly dish to make initially, hence the amber rating but once you get the hang of it, is actually super simple, and quite impressively tasty!

Total time Estimate: 30-35 mins

Prep Time – 5 mins

Cooking Time: 25-30 mins

Equipment:

  • Oven
  • Hob
  • Frying Pan (large enough for 2 or 4 duck breasts, depending on how many you’re cooking for)
  • Oven Cooking Dish
  • Hot Matt (for placing the Oven Dish on when it’s hot)
  • Serving Spoon
  • Chopping Board
  • Knife
  • Kitchen Roll
Ingredients:
  1. 2 x Duck Breasts (Duck fillets also work)
  2. 3 Oranges
  3. 120g Honey
  4. 4-5 Thyme Sprigs
  5. 2 Cloves of Garlic Or 1/2 teaspoon of granulated garlic (cloves are better but granulated garlic works)
  6. Salt
  7. Pepper
  1. 4 x Duck Breasts (Duck fillets also work)
  2. 6 Oranges
  3. 240g Honey
  4. 6-7 Thyme Sprigs
  5. 4 Cloves of Garlic Or 1 teaspoon of granulated garlic (cloves are better but granulated garlic works)
  6. Salt
  7. Pepper

Instructions

Prep

    1. Place duck breasts on the kitchen roll, soaking up some of the excess moisture. Do this on both sides of the breasts.
    2. Score the skin of the duck breasts, making sure it does NOT go all the way through to the meat side.
    3. Peel and segment 1 orange (if you’re serving for 2), or 2 oranges (if you’re serving for 4).
    4. Zest, peel and juice the remaining oranges.
    5. Set aside the orange juice and segmented oranges

Cooking

Step 1 – The Frying Pan

    1. Place the pan on low-medium heat
    2. Season the duck with salt and pepper, then place into the pain, with no oil, skin side down.
    3. Cook this for 6-8 minutes, or until the skin is crispy and golden
    4. Pour off any excess fat as you
    5. Once the the skin is golden brown (after 6-8 minutes), flip the breasts over and seal the meal for around 30 seconds

Step 2 – The Oven

    1. Place the duck breast in the oven dish, skin side up
    2. Cook for 5-8 minutes in the oven

Step 3 – Back to the pan

    1. While we wait for the duck to cook in the oven, we need to place the frying pan back on the hob, still low-medium heat
    2. Add the honey, orange juice, zest, garlic and half of the thyme into the pan
    3. We’re looking to reduce the sauce by about 50% while we heat it up. It should start to thicken
    4. Add in the orange segments and continue to simmer until loosely sticky
    5. Set the pan aside (on a hot mat)

Step 4 – The Oven Again

    1. Remove the duck breast from and glaze the skin generously with some of the pan mixture
    2. Return to the oven for about 5 minutes, depending on how well you like the duck done. If you’re using duck fillets, it may only need 2-3 minutes more
    3. Take the breast out of the oven and allow to rest for 5 minutes

I prefer to slice the duck up, and serve it onto of a portion of rice.

Drizzle the sauce all over it!

ENJOY!

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