Best Blackberry Port Sauce For Roast Duck Recipes

PAN-SEARED DUCK BREAST WITH BLACKBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• For the sauce, place the blackberries, stock, vinegar, brandy, sugar and cloves in a small pan and bring to a simmer. Continue to simmer for around 15-20 minutes, breaking up the blackberries, and reducing the liquid by around half.
• Optionally, press the sauce through a relatively fine strainer or mesh to hold back the seeds and other firmer solids. You can make the sauce a day or two ahead of time, chill it covered then re-heat as needed.
• (You can cook the duck as the sauce cooks, then strain sauce as duck rests, or cook separately, and re-heat sauce, as you prefer.) Pat the duck breasts dry and lightly score the skin to break the skin but not cut through to the flesh below. Sprinkle both sides with a little salt.
• If cooking in a pan, place the duck breasts skin-side down in a cold pan and place over a medium-high heat. Let them cook for around 6-10 minutes until you can see the sides cooking and the skin has crisped up. Turn over and cook around another around 4 - 5 minutes, depending on thickness and how rare you want it. Generally, you want it to feel slightly soft and springy, but still giving a bit of resistance when you press in the middle.
• Once the duck has cooked, set it aside to rest - you can tent it with foil - for a few minutes before slicing and serving with the sauce poured over or on the side.

DUCK WITH BLACKBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add sugar; stir until sugar dissolves and mixture turns deep amber color, about 5 minutes. Add wine, orange juice and vinegar (mixture will bubble vigorously) and bring to boil, stirring to dissolve caramel. Add 1 1/4 cups berries and both broths and boil until sauce thickens and is reduced to about 1 cup, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes. Strain sauce through sieve into heavy small saucepan, pressing on berries with back of spoon. Mix in Cognac and maple syrup. Set sauce aside. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.)
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Trim any excess fat from duck breasts. Cut three 4-inch-long by 1/16-inch-deep lengthwise slits in skin (not meat) of duck. Season duck with salt and pepper. Heat heavy large ovenproof skillet over high heat until hot. Add duck, skin side down, and sear until brown, about 5 minutes. Turn over; cook 3 minutes. Transfer skillet to oven; continue cooking to desired doneness, about 3 minutes for medium.
• Meanwhile, bring sauce to simmer over low heat. Add remaining 1 tablespoon butter and whisk just until melted. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Spoon sauce onto plates. Slice duck and place atop sauce. Garnish with additional berries, if desired, and serve.

FIVE-SPICE DUCK BREAST WITH BLACKBERRIES

Steps:

• Trim duck breasts as necessary, removing extraneous fat or gristle. Score the skin side of the breast diagonally with a sharp knife.
• Season both sides of the duck breasts with salt, then sprinkle both sides evenly with five-spice powder. Mix together ginger and garlic and use it to slather the breasts. Cover and let marinate for 30 minutes at room temperature. (Alternatively, wrap and refrigerate for several hours, or even overnight; bring back to room temperature before cooking.)
• Place a cast-iron pan over medium-high heat. When pan is hot, lay duck breast in it skin-side down. Let sizzle gently for 7 minutes, until skin is crisp and golden, adjusting heat as necessary to keep from getting too dark too quickly. Turn breast over and cook 3 to 5 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer should register 125 degrees for medium rare. Remove from pan and let rest for 10 minutes on a warm plate. Drain fat from pan (reserve for another use if you wish).
• Make the sauce: Over medium heat, add shallots to same pan and cook until softened, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add sherry vinegar, brown sugar and half the blackberries, stirring until sugar is dissolved and berries have released their juice. Add chicken broth, raise heat and simmer rapidly until liquid is reduced by half and a bit syrupy. Strain the contents of the skillet into a small saucepan and keep warm.
• To serve, slice duck breast thinly across the grain on a diagonal and arrange on a platter. Spoon the sauce over the meat and garnish with the rest of the blackberries.

ROAST WILD DUCK WITH BLACKBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Prick skin all over duck, remove as much fat as possible on the domestic bird.
• Rub wild duck with walnut oil or wrap in bacon.
• Domestic duck is more greasy and does not need oil or bacon.
• Stuff 1/2 the onions and turnip cubes into the cavity.
• Season cavity with salt and pepper.
• Place duck in roasting pan with about 1/2 inch of water on center rack in oven, breast side down.
• turn breast side up after cooked for 20 minutes and bake about 40 minutes longer, til just done.
• While duck is roasting, place giblets and remaining onions and turnips in a small dutch oven or oven proof saucepan and roast in the oven with the duck til well browned, about 20 minutes.
• Remove dutch oven to the stove top.
• Over medium heat, deglaze the dutch oven in the stock, scraping all the bits stuck to the bottom and sides of the pan.
• Add the seasonings, wine and vinegar.
• Continue to cook til liqid is reduced by 1/3, about 20 minutes.
• Add preserves and blackberries.
• Cook another 10 minutes or until the preserves are melted into the liquid and the berries have cooked down and are soft.
• Strain liquid into a clean sauce pan and set aside.
• Discard the solids strained out.
• Remove roasted duck from the oven and let stand tented under aluminum foil for 15 minutes before carving.
• Reheat sauce just before serving.
• Carve duck or quarter, discarding the stuffing and serve hot with sauce poured over top.

DUCK WITH BLACKBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add sugar; stir until sugar dissolves and mixture turns deep amber color, about 5 minutes.
• Add wine, orange juice and vinegar (mixture will bubble vigorously) and bring to boil, stirring to dissolve caramel.
• Add 1 1/4 cups berries and both broths and boil until sauce thickens and is reduced to about 1 cup, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes.
• Strain sauce through sieve into heavy small saucepan, pressing on berries with back of spoon.
• Mix in cognac and maple syrup.
• Set sauce aside. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and chill).
• Preheat oven to 400.
• Trim any excess fat from duck breasts.
• Cut three 4-inch long by 1/16-inch deep lengthwise slits in skin (not meat) of duck.
• Season duck with salt and pepper.
• Heat heavy large ovenproof skillet over high heat until hot.
• Add duck, skin side down, and sear until brown, about 5 minutes.
• Turn over; cook 3 minutes.
• Transfer skillet to oven; continue cooking to desired doneness, about 3 minutes for medium.
• Meanwhile, bring sauce to simmer over low heat.
• Add remaining 1 tablespoon butter and whisk just until melted.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Spoon sauce onto plates.
• Slice duck and place atop sauce.
• Garnish with additional berries, if desired, and serve.

ROAST DUCK WITH PORT-GARLIC SAUCE

Steps:

• For sauce:.
• Cut off duck wing tips at joint. Combine neck, heart, gizzard and wing tips in large saucepan. Add onion, carrot and celery to pan. Add water and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 1 hour. Strain stock into medium saucepan. Boil stock until reduced to 1 cup, about 15 minutes.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add sliced garlic and saute until golden, about 2 minutes. Add Port and boil 5 minutes. Add reduced duck stock and boil until reduced to 1 cup, about 8 minutes. Mix remaining 1 tablespoon butter and flour in small bowl. Whisk into sauce and simmer until thickened, about 1 minute. Season sauce with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm before serving).
• For duck:.
• Preheat oven to 400ºF. Trim excess fat from cavity of duck. Using fork, pierce duck skin in several places. Place duck, breast side up, on rack in large roasting pan. Brush soy sauce over duck. Mix mustard and pressed garlic in small bowl. Brush mustard mixture over duck. Mix salt, pepper and thyme in another small bowl. Sprinkle spice-herb mixture over duck and in cavity. Roast duck 45 minutes. Turn duck and roast, breast side down, 30 minutes. Turn duck and roast, breast side up, until duck is deep golden brown and cooked through, about 15 minutes longer. Transfer duck to platter. Serve with sauce.

BLACKBERRY PORT WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat blackberries, port, broth, shallot and honey to boiling in a medium saucepan.
• Reduce heat to medium; cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced to about 1 1/2 cups, about 25 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Place mixture into a chinois (or a strainer with fine mesh) fitted over a medium saucepan.
• Force mixture through the chinois with wooden spoon, pressing well to remove all blackberry seeds.
• Stir butter and salt into sauce.