Duck Breast with Oranges and a Side Salad

Prepare the ingredients. Prepare all ingredients and preheat the oven to 180 C - we will be cooking with them in a moment 🍗✨

Prepare the duck. Prepare the duck breasts, remove excess fat from the skin, and score the skin in a crosshatch pattern

Cut the salad. Cut the salad into six wedges

Grate the orange. Grate the zest from the orange

Squeeze the orange. Cut the oranges in half and squeeze out the juice

Season the duck with salt and pepper and sear it in a pan. Season the duck breasts with salt and pepper and sear them in a pan over high heat for about 3 minutes on each side until golden brown, then transfer them to a baking sheet and roast in the oven at 180 C for about 10 minutes

Sear the salad. In the same pan, sear the salad over medium heat for about 1 minute on each side, salt and pepper it

Divide the salad. Remove the salad from the pan and divide it onto plates

Prepare the butter sauce. Clean the pan, add half the butter, and melt it over low heat together with the orange zest

Reduce the wine. Add the white wine and reduce over higher heat for about 3-5 minutes

Reduce the juice. Add the orange juice and reduce for another about 3-5 minutes

Season the sauce. Add the remaining butter, remove from the heat, and season with salt, pepper, and optionally a little sugar

Serve. Slice the duck breasts, divide them over the salad, drizzle with the sauce, and serve 🍗🍽️✨