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Roast wild duck breast with walnuts and celery

Roast wild duck breast with walnuts and celery
Prepare
less than 30 mins
Cook
30 mins to 1 hour
Serve
Serves 1

A sophisticated supper featuring rich duck breast finished in Madeira wine and garlic, served with an autumnal garnish.

By Matt Tebbutt

From Saturday Kitchen

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Ingredients

For the duck

For the garnish

  • 50g/1¾oz unsalted butter
  • 1 celery heart and a few leaves, heart sliced in to 1–2cm
  • 6 fresh/wet walnuts (or use dried)
  • 10 muscat grapes
  • 1 black fig, quartered
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Method

  1. To make the duck, preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Season the duck breast with salt and black pepper and heat a little oil in a ovenproof frying pan, then add the duck skin side down and fry until golden brown before turning over. This will take around 2 minutes.

  2. Turnover and lay the duck on top of the sliced fig, thyme and bay and roast in the oven for 4–5 minutes, depending on the size of your breast, until pink. Add the Madeira, garlic and stock and cook for a further 2 minutes. Remove from the oven and rest.

  3. In a separate frying pan, sauté the celery in the butter to colour, this will take 2–3 minutes, then add the walnuts, figs and grapes and leave off the heat.

  4. Slice the duck and serve with the resting juices and the celery and grape garnish on the side.