Duck Breasts with Concord Sauce.
You can Have Duck Breasts with Concord Sauce using 8 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Duck Breasts with Concord Sauce
- What You needis 4 of Duck Breasts, whole.
- It's 1 bunch of Concord Grapes.
- Lets Go Prepare 1 tbsp of Olive Oil.
- Lets Go Prepare 1/4 cup of Chicken Stock.
- Lets Go Prepare 1/4 cup of of Chicken Stock.
- Lets Go Prepare 4 of sprigs Fresh Thyme.
- It's 1 of Salt.
- What You needis 1 of Pepper.
Duck Breasts with Concord Sauce step by step
- Set the circulator to heat your water bath to 60.5 C / 140.9 F.
- Preheat conventional oven to 375°F..
- Season the duck breast with salt and pepper and place in a pouch with the duck fat. Make sure that all ingredients are cold..
- Vacuum seal on medium..
- Once water bath target temperature is reached (60.5 C / 140.9 F), place duck pouch into the circulating water bath and cook for 30 minutes..
- Meanwhile, rinse grapes thoroughly and pat dry..
- Toss in olive oil, add a pinch of salt and pepper and some thyme..
- Lay the grapes on a parchment paper lined baking sheet..
- Cook the grapes in the oven for 10-15 minutes or until they split and release juices..
- Push grapes/mixture through a fine mesh screen, discard pulp and seeds if any. Set aside remaining juice..
- Remove the duck breast from the water bath and let sit for 10 minutes within the sealed pouch..
- Open pouch and pour duck jus into a medium sauce pan with chicken stock..
- Simmer on medium heat for 5 minutes..
- Lower the heat to medium-low and add the remaining grape juice and blend the sauce together for 3 minutes. Season if necessary..
- Remove the duck from the bag and place it skin side down in a pan on medium heat and render out as much of the fat as you desire..
- Flip and sear the meat side for no more than 60 seconds..
- Slice the duck breasts, arrange on plate and dress with concord grape sauce. Great with sautéed vegetables..