Pan Roasted Duck With Strawberry Red Wine Sauce

duck with strawberries Duck can be a light meal when served with salad in summer and a warming winter meal with some rosemary and garlic roast potatoes.

Serves: 4

INGREDIENTS
For the red cabbage:
2 shallots
1/2 red cabbage (about 200g)
Olive oil
1 cinnamon stick
3/4 cloves
A grating of fresh nutmeg
100ml vegetable stock

For the duck:
4 duck breasts
Sea salt and pepper

For the Sweet Eve strawberry red wine sauce:
1 shallot
400ml red wine
100ml port
200ml chicken stock
100g hulled and halved Sweet Eve strawberries
1 tbsp butter

METHOD

Firstly prepare the braised cabbage – this can be done ahead of time and reheated if needed. Finely dice the shallots and finely shred the cabbage. Pan fry the shallots in a splash of oil until translucent, then add the cabbage and cook for a few more minutes. Add the spices and stock, then and then cover with a lid and braise for about 40 minutes on a low heat. Stir now and again and season at the end.

Next, preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Finely score the skin on the duck breasts with the tip of a sharp knife and season generously with salt and pepper.

Heat an ovenproof frying pan over a low heat and lay the duck breasts, skin-side down, in the pan. Slowly cook the duck for 10–15 minutes, draining off the fat as you go, until the skin starts to turn crispy. Turn up the heat to brown the skin until crispy all over, then flip over the breasts and cook for a further 2 minutes. Transfer to the oven for 3 minutes, or until the duck breasts are firm to the touch but still quite pink inside. Remove from the oven, cover with foil and leave to rest for 10 minutes.

Drain the fat from the frying pan and in the same pan, add one shallot finely diced. Sweat for about 5 minutes, being careful not to burn. Add the red wine and port and reduce for 8 minutes. Next, add the stock and the Sweet Eve strawberries. Cook for about 10 minutes then whisk in the butter. Check seasoning.

To serve simply pile up some cabbage, arrange some sliced duck on top and finish with a good spoonful of the sauce.

For more great recipes visit www.sweetevestrawberry.co.uk

Miss B

Belinda Wanis, aka Miss B, is a Belle About Town who likes to bring a little bit of style into every aspect of her life. An experienced journalist with over 20 years in the industry she turned to the web, creating Belle About Town in early 2010, to fill a gap for tech-savvy stylish women who want the best life has to offer at their fingertips. She loves a decadent cocktail bar, a beautifully cut dress, cultural getaways, quality over quantity and is partial to Asian-fusion food. A globetrotter, who has lived in Australia, the UK and Denmark, she enjoys holidaying in the sun and you can often find her on a beach in Thailand or on shopping breaks in Sydney or New York. But her first love is, of course, London!

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