Name: Duck and orange spiced leek recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Ingredients: 4 Duck breasts with skin on; 450g Leeks, trimmed and sliced into 2.5cm rounds; 450g Sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into large dice; 2tbsp Extra virgin olive oil; 2.5cm fresh root ginger, peeled and grated; 2 Oranges, grated zest and juice; 2 Cloves garlic, crushed; 6 Whole cloves; Sprinkling ground sea salt and black pepper

By GoodtoKnow

published 9 October 2007

in Recipes

A classic duck and orange flavour combination served in an original way

Ingredients

4 Duck breasts with skin on
450g Leeks, trimmed and sliced into 2.5cm rounds
450g Sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into large dice
2tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
2.5cm fresh root ginger, peeled and grated
2 Oranges, grated zest and juice
2 Cloves garlic, crushed
6 Whole cloves
Sprinkling ground sea salt and black pepper

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Method

Pierce duck skin and pan fry skin side down for 5-8 minutes until the fat starts to run out. Oven cook (220°C (200°C Fan)) for 15 minutes skin side up.
Prepare the puree. Simmer the sweet potato for 15 minutes until just beginning to soften. Add the leeks and cook for a further 5 ? 8 minutes until they are both soft. Drain and mash together to give a rough puree.
Heat the olive oil in a solid based saucepan and fry the ginger, orange zest, garlic and cloves together for 1-2 minutes without browning. Add the orange juice and the mashed leek and sweet potato mixture and stir to combine.
Cut duck breasts into thin slices and fan out onto a bed of the leek puree. Drizzle with the duck cooking juices. Garnish with watercress and serve.

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