Grilled Breast of Duck with Apples

Name: Grilled Breast of Duck with Apples (Suprême de canard grillé aux pommes fruits)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 ducks, about 2.3 kg (5 lb) each; 200 ml (7 fl. oz) brown duck stock; 15 ml (1 tbsp) green peppercorns, carefully selected and blanched; 90 ml (6 tbsp) natural apple juice; 1 eating apple, peeled, cored and cut into eight crescents; salt and freshly ground pepper; salt and freshly ground pepper

Suprême de canard grillé aux pommes fruits

Preparation info

4
people

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cuisine Naturelle

By Anton Mosimann

Published 1985

About

The recipe uses two whole ducks, but it may be more convenient to buy breasts. The apple served with the duck helps to counteract any residual richness, and aids digestion.

Ingredients

2 ducks, about 2.3 kg (5 lb) each
200 ml (

Europe
France
Switzerland
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Pluck the ducks clean and draw them. Cut off the head and neck, and remove the legs carefully (keep for use in another dish). Remove breasts.
Cut out the collarbone and backbone and chop into small pieces. Use these, with the neck, to make the brown duck stock.
Boil the measured stock until reduced by half. Add the blanched peppercorns.
Trim t