Duck breast with dumplings and red cabbage

Ingredients:

• 2 duck breast fillets
• Some honey
• Freshly ground pepper
• salt
• For the sauce:
• approx. 100 ml balsamic cream
• approx. 200 ml of red grape juice
• approx. 100 ml dry red wine
• approx. 100 ml of sweet cream
• a handful of seedless red grapes
• freshly ground pepper
• salt
• Possibly. some cornstarch
• For the side dishes:
• 1 P. Dumplings
• 1 glass of red cabbage
• Possibly. Brussels sprouts

Since duck breast has a high percentage of fat under the skin, you should make sure that you do not use any additional oil for frying during preparation. Depending on the amount of fat that escapes, some of it can be removed from the pan in between.

Duck breast with grape sauce

1. Preheat the oven to 225 degrees.
2. The duck breast fillets are freed from any tendons and thoroughly under flowing water rinsed off.
3. Now cut the skin approx. 2 - 3 mm deep, diamond-shaped.
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4. Season that meat with salt and freshly ground pepper.


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5. Place the duck breasts skin down in a pan and fry the fillets for approx. 10-15 minutes over medium heat.
6. When the fat layer is nice and crispy, the fillet is turned over and approx. Seared for 1 minute.
7. Take a small roasting pan, place the meat in it with the skin side up and pour approx. 1/8 l of water and a little of each Grape juice and the red wine to.
8. The meat must now be approx. Cook for 15-20 minutes in a closed pot.
9. If you want to have crispy skin, smear something on the skin side honey and leave the fillets for approx. Fry in the oven for 5 minutes without the lid. At the end of the cooking time, the duck breast should rest for a while in the switched-off oven.
10. Use the gravy for the sauce and boil it in a saucepan.
11. Add the balsamic cream and the rest of the red wine and grape juice. The whole thing is refined with sweet cream.
12. The seedless grapes are now halved and added to the sauce.
13. Let everything simmer for a few minutes. Finally, taste with salt and freshly ground pepper.
14. If the sauce is too thin, you can use a little cornstarch to thicken it.

Side dishes for duck breast

• Fit very well Dumplings to the duck breast. If the time is a little tight, these can also be ready-made dumplings that are prepared according to the instructions on the package.
• As a vegetable side dish, red or Red cabbage that has been refined with raisins or apple pieces. To do this, melt some butter in a saucepan, toss the fruit pieces in it and add the cabbage. Let everything together for approx. Simmer for 5 - 8 minutes. The apples should be soft.
• If you prefer a somewhat tart component to this dish, Brussels sprouts are well advised. The little heads are cleaned, cooked and briefly fried in a little butter.