Duck breast with gratin and vegetables

AUTHOR
Bo Carpenter
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 4
COOK TIME
120 mins
TOTAL TIME
120 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 10
  • 1.5 kg Potatoes
  • 4?$? Duck breast fillets (300-350 g each)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp Nutmeg
  • 1 kg Brussels sprouts
  • 1 kg Broccoli
  • 1 medium onion
  • 400 g Whipped cream
  • 1⁄4 l Milk
  • 200 g grated gouda
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Breadcrumbs
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Butter
  • 50 g Hazelnut flakes
  • 7-10 Tbsp Aluminium foil

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the potatoes and cook covered for about 20 minutes. Wash duck breast, dab dry and cut the skin into a diamond shape. Season fillets with salt and pepper. Fry in a pan in portions without fat, first on the skin side, then all around for about 4 minutes.

  2. 2

    Take out and place them side by side on a baking tray. Roast in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 100°C/circulating air: 75 °C/gas: see manufacturer) for 1-1 1⁄4 hours.

  3. 3

    Quench the potatoes, peel them and let them cool down. Clean and wash the sprouts and broccoli. Cut broccoli into florets. Peel and finely chop the onion.

  4. 4

    Bring 200 g cream and milk to the boil. Season with salt and pepper. Cut the potatoes into slices and spread them in a large flat casserole dish. Remove duck breast fillets from the oven and cover the tray with foil.

  5. 5

    Increase temperature to 225 °C (circulating air: 200 °C/gas: level 4).

  6. 6

    In the meantime, cover the Brussels sprouts and cook them in boiling salted water for about 15 minutes. Pour hot cream-milk mixture over the potatoes. Mix Gouda and breadcrumbs and sprinkle over the potatoes. Bake gratin in the preheated oven for about 8 minutes until golden brown.

  7. 7

    Cook broccoli in boiling salted water for about 6 minutes. Sauté onion in 1 tbsp. hot butter until translucent. Stir in 200 g cream, bring to the boil and simmer for about 4 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Drain sprouts and mix with cream.

  8. 8

    Roast the nuts in 1 tablespoon butter. Drain broccoli and mix with the nut leaves. Season with pepper. Remove the gratin. Fry fillets without foil at highest oven heat for about 5 minutes until crispy. Then cut into slices and arrange everything.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
800 kcal
CARBS
31 g
FATS
49 g
PROTEINS
53 g

Categories & Tags

MiscellaneousMeatPoultry