Pan-Roasted Duck Breast with Spiced Peaches

Name: Pan-Roasted Duck Breast with Spiced Peaches
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 100 g/3½ oz/scant ½ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 1 shallot, chopped; 50 g/1¾ oz unsalted butter; 4 tbsp sunflower oil; 2 pinches of roasted, crushed Szechuan peppercorns; 4 duck breasts, preferably wild; 4 duck breasts, preferably wild; 4 unripe peaches; 2.5 cm/1 in piece of cinnamon stick, broken; 4 tbsp sherry vinegar; 125 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup Chicken Stock; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

French Countryside Cooking

By Daniel Galmiche

Published 2021

About

Wild duck goes well with lots of fruits and spices. I like to use peaches, and you should still be able to find them in autumn when duck comes into season. If you buy your duck from a butcher, ask for a female bird as they tend to be more tender.

Ingredients

100 g/3½ oz/scant ½ cup caster (superfine) sugar
2.5

Main course
Autumn
Gluten-free

Method

Put the sugar in a large sauté pan and add the cinnamon stick and 750 ml/26 fl oz/3 cups o