2015 Cooking Club Week 31: Duck with Passionfruit/Orange Sauce & Cilantro Lime Rice

hdowney

Hey. So first things first apologies for the delay. Last couple days been hectic.

Now a disclaimer. This recipe is two different recipes I found (I was looking for a Duck recipe and a nice rice recipe). It was the first time I made it, and I'll be honest, there were some changes I would make which I will mention at the end. Anyway here we go.





Crispy Duck Breast with Oriental Passionfruit & Orange Sauce:
Serves 2


INGREDIENTS:
2 Duck Breast Fillets, with skin on
2 Passion Fruits
1 TBSP Olive Oil
1 Garlic Clove, chopped
Juice of 2 Oranges
1 TBSP Light Muscovado Sugar
1 TBSP Soy Sauce


METHOD:
Use a sharp knife to score the fatty skin on the duck breasts in a diamond pattern (mine was just diagonal) - this helps the fat drain off. Set aside. Halve the passion fruits, scoop out the pulp into a small bowl and reserve.

Heat the oil to medium heat in a frying pan and cook the duck, skin side down, for 5-6 mins, until the skin is golden. Turn them over and cook for 6-7 mins until tender. Take care, as the fat has a tendency to spit.





Put the duck aside on 2 warm plates and keep warm. Drain off all but 1 TBSP of duck fat and cook the garlic until it is just starting to turn golden - no more or it will burn and taste bitter. Stir in the passion fruit pulp, orange juice, sugar and soy sauce. Bring to the boil and let it bubble away until reduced by two-thirds, about 7-10 mins. Season, then pour in any of the tasty juices from the duck.





Pass the sauce through a sieve, then pick out a few of the little black pips and add them to the sauce for decoration and crunch. Spoon a little sauce around each duck breast and serve.


Tips:
I wouldn't use the oil next time. The duck fat is more than enough.
I don't see the passion fruit as working in the sauce, it completely overpowered the orange and I didn't like it. I'd just make a simple orange sauce instead.



Cilantro & Lime Rice:
Serves 2


INGREDIENTS:
A chunk of butter
Salt
Juice of 1 Lime
Water to cook
Basmati Rice for 2 people
Bunch of fresh chopped Cilantro (Coriander)


METHOD:
Melt the butter on a low heat in a saucepan.

Add the rice and lime juice and stir for 1 min

Add the salt and water. Bring to a rolling boil. Cover, turn down and simmer for approx 25 min until rice has absorbed and is tender.

Add the chopped cilantro and fluff rice.


Tips:
I didn't use enough water (never cooked rice without stirring etc, and was afraid of a watery soggy mess - went the other way instead ) so it was a bit hard
I'd add more lime as I couldn't really taste it.


I served it with some simply cooked onion, red pepper, mushroom and peas.

hdowney

Thanks for the title edit (my bad there!)

Taboola

Where did you get the orange, larger passionfruits?

I've only ever seen passionfruits like this in my local stores

hdowney

The mammy picked them up in my local lidl. I'd stick to the smaller ones. I think the flavour of the large ones killed the sauce