Help required....

[scottri]

Morning Folks,

I decided the other day to cook a Rick Stein recipe called Vit Nau Cam (Duck Braised in spiced orange). The recipe is for 6 people and calls for a 2.5k duck jointed into six pieces - there is only 2 of us and its one of a few dishes so without really thinking about it i just bought a couple of duck breasts.

The recipe says to cook the duck for 1.5 hours in the spiced orange.

Now i am wondering whether that's going to be far too long for a couple of breasts? What should i do?

Help please!

Thanks

[pjdow]

cook it for less time!

The recipe is for braised duck, so I guess the duck would be jointed into portions with the bone, that will then be braised.

If it was me I would make a spiced orange sauce and cook the breasts separately to ensure that they are cooked correctly. Spoon the sauce over and serve.

mmmm, my mouth is watering thinking about it!

[scottri]

Thanks, think that's a good idea, i can cook the sauce in advance as well that way.

Any suggestions on how to cook the duck breast? Pan fry?

[pjdow]

Score the skin into diamonds, season both sides. Pan fry to get some colour into the skin.

Pop into the oven at 180 until cooked pink. Leave to rest for 10 minutes, slice and serve.

[condor]

I pan fry duck breasts - skin side down first for a few minutes, then flip over for another few mintues.
For the sauce - I use zest of an orange, then squeeze it to get the juice out and add spoonful of bitter orange marmalade then stir

[scottri]

thanks folks! Will pan fry and chuck in the oven. I'm using the recipe for the orange sauce thats currently reducing down nicely. Nom nom.