Duck breast with honey and mustard

For many, Christmas time is also poultry time! One or the other has a delicious goose or duck. Here is a super simple variant for a crispy roast duck breast, the skin coated with a fruity fresh orange honey and with a pleasant spiciness of the cayenne pepper or the sambal oil. Your side dishes can be selected on request.

Preparation:

1. Wash and dab the duck breasts

2. Heat two pans with clarified butter (or with oil or butter as desired).

3. Slowly fry the duck breasts skin side down in the two pans for 20 minutes.

4. Drain most of the fat and turn the duck breasts for 4 minutes on the meat side

fry over high heat. salt and pepper.

5. Place with the skin facing up on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and put in the cold oven

and switch to 175 ° C.

6. Mix the orange honey, mustard, cayenne pepper or sambal oelek together. The skin with it

Brush on and cook in the oven for a total of 30 minutes.

Cut the duck breasts diagonally, roasted potatoes and Brussels sprouts can be served as a side dish

or a side dish of your choice

By putting the duck breasts in the cold oven, they will cook as they rise slowly

Temperature and only at the end at the full 175 ° C, so you stay very juicy.

Author: Koelkast