Duck Breasts With Pepper Cream Sauce, Wild Mushrooms, Spinach, Chard And Potatoes En Cocotte

Ingredients

Ingredients For the potatoes
  • 5 tbsp olive oil

  • 8 garlic cloves, skin on, left whole, crushed

  • 1kg/2lb 3¼oz Jersey Royal potatoes, or similar new potatoes

  • 75g/2½oz butter

For the pepper cream sauce
  • 1 tbsp butter

  • 2 shallots, finely chopped

  • 100g/3½oz wild mushrooms, cleaned and roughly chopped

  • 25ml/1fl oz cognac

  • 250ml/8¾fl oz chicken stock

  • 200ml/7fl oz double cream

  • 2 tbsp crushed green peppercorns

  • 2 tbsp crushed black peppercorns

For the duck
  • 4 duck breasts, fat scored in a criss-cross pattern with a sharp knife

For the wild mushrooms
  • 1 tbsp butter

  • 2 tbsp olive oil

  • 400g/14¼oz wild mushrooms

For the chard and spinach
  • 1 bunch chard, tough stems removed, leaves blanched and refreshed in cold water

  • 250g/8¾oz baby spinach leaves, blanched and refreshed in cold water

  • 1 tbsp butter

  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Description

Recipe Uses 5 Tbsp Olive Oil, 8 Garlic Cloves, Skin On, Left Whole, Crushed, 1kg/2lb 3¼oz Jersey Royal Potatoes, Or Similar New Potatoes, 75g/2½oz...

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