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Roast duck breasts with cherry compôte dressing
Photo: Sorin Gheorghita

Roast duck breasts with cherry compôte dressing

16 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Tart cherries cut through and complement the richness of duck here. Try it with a chunky Chianti.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

722
Calories
28g
Protein
41g
Fat
61g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Duck 100g cooked with skin 337
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Turnip 1 medium (122g) 34
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Chives 1 tbsp (3g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Chanterelle not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • knob of butter
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 orange
  • 225g/8oz cherries
  • 2 tbsp kirsch
  • 100ml/3½fl oz red wine
  • 1 tbsp cherry
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 duck
  • 16-20 baby turnips
  • small knob of butter
  • 225g/8oz baby spinach
  • 225g/8oz chanterelle mushrooms
  • 1 orange
  • 50g/1¾oz butter
  • 1 tsp chopped chives or tarragon

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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