Breast of duck with passion fruit

Name: Breast of duck with passion fruit
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Ingredients: 4 duck breasts, skin scored with sharp knife; a little vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 250 ml fresh orange juice; 100 ml water; salt and pepper; 1 tablespoon onions only base; 2 tablespoons crème fraîche; 1 chicken stock cube (see tips); 1 large clove garlic, peeled and crushed; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 4 passion fruits

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

Don’t cook this for the first time for guests – be decadent and cook it for yourself first so you are really confident about what you are doing! This is rich, but not sickly; the sauce is strong, but not overpowering. It is a truly great-flavoured dish.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon onions only base
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1

Method

Follow the recipe to make the onion base and put to one side.
Mix the dried spices and rub all over the skin of the duck breasts. Heat a tiny amount of oil in a frying pan and cook the breasts, skin down, until they are very brown. Turn the breasts over and seal for just a moment on the flesh side, then place them in a roastin