Orange and Herb Duck

Name: Orange and Herb Duck
Yield: Serves two
Ingredients: 4 ounces fresh thyme, sage and parsley, chopped; ½ teaspoon each salt and pepper; 1 shallot, chopped (or 1 tablespoon chopped mild onion); ¼ cup (½ stick) butter; salt and pepper; breasts from 2 wild duck; 6 ounces fresh bread crumbs (about 3½ cups); rind and juice of 2 oranges; 1 teaspoon brown sugar

Preparation info

Serves
two

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Game Cookbook

By Clarissa Dickson Wright and Johnny Scott

Published 2004

About

Although this recipe is designed for mallard, it works perfectly well with any wild duck, even pochard! If using the small duck, you may need more than one breast per person.

Ingredients

breasts from 2 wild duck
salt and pepper

Main course
Winter
Autumn
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Carefully slice the duck breasts so that you can open them flat and place them on a piece of tinfoil and lightly season them.

Melt the butter in a frying pan and sauté all the stuffing ingredients, except the orange juice. When the stuffing lo