Grilled duck breast with minted peas
- Geraldene Holt
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Serves 2
Easy
Cook: 25 mins - 35 mins
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A quick and utterly delicious version of a classic partnership, grilled duck breast with minted peas
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Ingredients
Nutrition
Units:
MetricUS
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250g shelled garden pea
about 800g/1lb 12oz in their pods
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about 15 mint
leaves
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50g unsalted butter
softened
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2 ducks
breasts, ideally Barbary or Gressingham
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dried herbes de Provence or dried thyme
or oregano
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buttered new potatoes
to serve
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Nutrition: per serving
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kcal742
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fat59g
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saturates24g
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carbs15g
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sugars0g
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fibre6g
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protein40g
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salt0.61g
low
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Method
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step 1
Shell the peas and set aside. Chop the mint and blend into the butter. Pat the duck dry with kitchen paper and place on the oiled rack of a grill pan (or place a small cake rack in a roasting pan). Use a long sharp knife to score the skin of the duck in a diamond lattice pattern. Sprinkle the skin with salt and dried herbs. (If you wish, the duck, peas and mint butter can now be covered and set aside in a cool place for a couple of hours until ready to cook).
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step 2
Preheat the grill to very hot. Grill the duck breasts skin-side up for 10 minutes (watch carefully as you do this because the hot fat can splatter) until the skin is browning and has yielded most of its fat – carefully pour this off and reserve for roasting potatoes. Turn the duck over and grill on the flesh side for 5-10 minutes, depending on how rare you like the meat. Turn off the heat and allow the duck to rest while you prepare the peas.
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step 3
Cook the peas in boiling salted water for 3-5 minutes or until the peas are just tender and still bright green. Drain in a colander and return to the hot pan with the mint butter. Toss the peas until evenly coated with the butter.
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step 4
Serve the duck breasts whole or sliced with the minted peas, accompanied by buttered new potatoes.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2003
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