Honey–Glazed Duck with Ginger and Pink Grapefruit

Name: Honey–Glazed Duck with Ginger and Pink Grapefruit
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1 tbsp dark soya sauce; 1 tbsp clear honey; 4-5 breast fillets of duck; 1 tbsp cornflour; 2 tbsp water; juice of 1 lemon; root ginger; 2 tbsp clear honey; 2 tbsp dark soya sauce; 3 pink grapefruit; 55 g/2 oz granulated sugar; salt and freshly ground pepper

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Two Fat Ladies

By Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 1996

About

Eton College put on a Jennifer Paterson evening—I was invited to dinner and they cooked my recipes for me, including this one. The sauce can be made the day before.

Ingredients

4-5 breast fillets of duck
1 tbsp clear honey
1 tbsp

Europe
United Kingdom
Main course
England
Gluten-free

Method

Make the sauce first. Peel the grapefruit with a very sharp stainless steel knife, working over a bowl to catch all the juice. Remove all pith and cut the segments from their skin. Squeeze the juice from all the pith and skin, which should amount to 300 ml/½