https://westgold.com/
Difficulty
Difficult
Prep time
3 hours
Cook time
60 minutes
Serves
4
Ingredients
4 duck breasts
Sweet potato gnocchi
250g baked golden sweet potato – passed through a sieve
250g baked Agria Potatoes– passed through a sieve
100g strong flour (approx.)
1 egg yolk
20g Westgold butter
Salt and pinch of nutmeg
Mushroom, porcini sauce
75g dried porcini – soaked in boiled water until soft, drained, reserving juices to use a flavouring stock
75g field mushrooms – sliced
1 shallot – finely chopped
25g dry white wine
150g cream
30g Westgold butter
Salt and pepper
8 sage leaves – torn
75g Westgold Unsalted butter
Brine
450g water
35g sea salt
10g honey
2 oranges – zest and juice
6 Juniper berries, a sprig of thyme, 2 bay leaves,
Method
Brine
Whisk all together to dissolve salt and honey.
Allow to infuse for 3 hours before passing and pouring over duck for overnight brine.
Duck breast
Trimmed of fillet and fat, skin scored, brined overnight, drained and dried.
Sweet potato gnocchi
Add the butter, egg yolk, flour, nutmeg and salt to potato and sweet potato and knead gently to a ball. Do not over work.
Roll out to 1.3cm logs and cut into 2.5cm pieces.
Poach in simmering salted water removing when they float to the surface with a slotted spoon, drain on an oiled tray. Allow to cool.
When ready to serve fry in small batches in butter to reheat and colour.
Mushroom, porcini sauce
Sweat the shallots in half the butter until soft, add field mushrooms and lightly sauté.
Add porcini (roughly chopped if very large) and white wine, reduce the wine.
Add the decanted porcini juice, clean juice only, discarding the grainy dregs.
Add the cream and seasoning and reduce to a sauce.
Finish by adding the butter.
Sage Beurre Noisette
To the hot pan add the 75g of Westgold butter and cook until it starts to foam and turn brown.
Remove from heat, add torn sage leaves.
Wait still butter stops bubbling, before spooning over or around the duck.
Spoon over fish and serve with grilled lemon.
Assembly
Fry duck breast skin side down to render fat until medium rare, flip to seal the top, remove allow to rest before slicing.
Pour a little porcini sauce onto desired plate, add the sliced duck breast.
Serve with gnocchi, sage beurre noisette and vegetables of your choice.
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