Hard to believe, but this was the first ever duck I cooked myself. I often order duck when eating out, whenever available, but I always thought it was difficult to get right. And not cheap, either.  Ocado had it on offer though, so I bought 2 breasts and decided to see, what I can make of it.  I’ve eaten by myself, as certain people get home around 9pm these days, so certain people will have his duck well rested.

I scored the breasts and seasoned them well with pepper and salt, then fried, skin side down for about 10 minutes, meat side down for about 5, then to the oven for another 10 in 170 degrees. I wanted it medium well and achieved it nicely. The duck rested under the foil for about 10 minutes. I served it on the bed of sauteed potatoes, white cabbage and crispy bacon and the dressing ripped off some duck recipe from GF; just some fat from under the duck, 2 tbsps of olive oil and a tbsp of balsamic vinegar.

I destroyed the lot with a glass of cab sav, will definitely be making duck again, but with some nice greens.