Ingredients

Ingredients For the chunky vegetable pilau

• 400g/14oz basmati rice

• 3 tbsp ghee

• 7 shallots, 1 thinly sliced, 6 roughly chopped

• 1 bay leaf

• 1 cinnamon stick

• 3 green cardamom pods, lightly crushed to split the pod open

• 1 large parsnip, peeled and cut into 2.5cm/1in chunks

• 4 new potatoes, cut in half if large

• 200g/7oz butternut squash, peeled, seeds removed and cut into 2.5cm/1in chunks

• 6 garlic cloves

• 1 tbsp whole cumin seeds

• 1 tsp ground cumin

• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the duck

• 2 duck breasts, skin on

• 3 tbsp olive oil

• 3 garlic cloves

For the plum-berry sauce

• 10 raspberries

• 10 blackberries

• 1 plum, stone removed

• 1 tbsp sugar

• 1 small red chilli, finely chopped

• ½ orange, grated zest and juice only

• 100ml/3½fl oz chicken stock.

• knob of butter

To serve

• 50g/2oz pine nuts, toasted

• 6 baby carrots, boiled or steamed

Description

Try This Indian-inspired Dish Of Crisp-skinned Duck Breasts With A Flavoursome Roasted Vegetable Rice Dish For Two.

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