Duck Breast with Fried Polenta and Lingonberry Sauce

Name: Duck Breast with Fried Polenta and Lingonberry Sauce
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: duck breast fillet — 6 pcs; salt and pepper by taste; cornmeal — 150 g; water — 750 ml; salt by taste; butter — 75 g; Parmesan or Pecorino cheese — 30 g; thyme sprigs — 3-4 pcs; lingonberry — 250 g; sugar — 75 g; orange juice — 50 ml; ginger — 30 g

60 minutes

Medium

Fried polenta is easy to cook - not much more difficult than creamy polenta. It's a perfect garnish for meat and poultry, a good base for different appetizers.

In this recipe I propose to serve it together with juicy duck breast and aromatic lingonberry sauce.

Main Courses European cuisine

23.11.2020

Ingredients for 6 servings:

Base

Polenta

Sauce

lingonberry
250 g
sugar
75 g
orange juice
50 ml
ginger
30 g

Recipe:

Prepare polenta. In a pot on a medium heat bring to a boil water with salt. Gradually add cornmeal, stiring constantly with a whisk, and cook until ready, for about 3 minutes.

In the end of cooking add thyme leaves, butter and grated cheese.

Line baking dish with aluminium foil. Put polenta into a dish and flatten with spatula.

Let cool completely. Cut into pieces.

Prepare sauce. Finely chop ginger. Put berries, ginger, sugar and orange juice into saucepan. Cook on medium heat for 5-7 minutes. Remove from heat. Rub sauce through a fine sieve. Return into a saucepan, bring to a boil and cook on a medium heat for 3-5 minutes more. Be careful, do not overcook!

Keep sauce warm.

Preheat oven to 180°C (355°F).

Make not very deep cuts on duck skin. Season with salt and pepper.

Put fillets onto a cold skillet and put it on cooker on medium heat. Cook for 3 minutes, until skin becomes golden brown and crispy. Flip and cook for 3 minutes more.

Replace duck on a baking sheet and put into thhe oven for 5 minutes. Take out and let rest at room temperature for 5 minutes.

Discard fat from skillet and wipe off with paper towels. Put on medium heat and fry polenta on both sides.

Serve duck with polenta and sauce.

Bon Appetit!

This Duck Breast with Fried Polenta and Lingonberry Sauce recipe was checked, prepared and approved by Chef Tatyana Nazaruk - author of FlavorIt.com.
Would you like to thank me? It's easy!