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DUCK FILLET WITH APPLES AND PORTO SAUCE Roasted duck fillet with Apples and Porto sauce Ingredients for 4 persons : 4 duck fillets / 2 big sour apples / 40 gr [1.5 oz] butter / salt & pepper Porto sauce : 60 gr [2 oz] butter / 2 Tbspoons sour cream / 2 Tbspoons chicken dehydrated stock / 2 Tbspoons Porto wine / 2 Tbspoons blackcurrent liquor / 1 Tbspoon berry vinegar / salt & pepper - Peel and core the apples, then cut them in thick slices. Brown them slightly into the half of the butter in a non-stick pan (2 minutes each side). Preheat oven at 200°C / 400°F. - Season the duck fillets and fry them in the left half of butter : 7 to 8 minutes on the skin side, then 3 minutes on the other side. Bake in oven for 5 minutes. - Meanwhile, prepare the sauce : in a sauce pan pour the Porto, the blackcurrant liquor, the vinegar / the chicken stock, whisk and simmer for 20 minutes to reduce. Add salt and pepper, then incorporate the butter and then the cream while mixing. - Serve the fillets with the apples and the sauce immediately. TRICK : for a more original dish, you can replace the apples with fresh figs, chestnuts or cranberries… |
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