Grilled Duck Breast with Cherry BBQ Sauce
Grilled Duck Breast with Cherry BBQ Sauce is a more involved American recipe: plan on about 40 minutes for 4 servings. Duck breasts, fresh cherries and BBQ sauce carry the flavour. The cooking is mostly grilling and simmering. Each serving has about 480 calories and 28 g of protein.
- Total time
- 40 min
- Servings
- 4
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Calories
- 480 kcal
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Ingredients
For 4 servings
- 4duck breasts
- 250 gfresh cherries
- 80 mlBBQ sauce
- 60 mlred wine
- 1 tbspbrown sugar
- 2 tspsalt
- 1 tspblack pepper
- 4 sprigsfresh thyme
Instructions
- Score the skin of Duck breasts in a crosshatch pattern, cutting through the fat but not into the meat. Season generously with Salt and Black pepper.
- Pit and halve Fresh cherries. Combine with BBQ sauce, Red wine, and Brown sugar in a small saucepan. Simmer for 15 minutes until cherries are soft and sauce is thickened.
- Start Duck breasts skin-side down on the cooler side of the grill. Cook for 8-10 minutes to render the fat slowly. The skin should be deeply golden and crisp.
- Flip and move to direct heat. Grill flesh side for 3-4 minutes for medium-rare (57°C internal). Baste with cherry BBQ sauce in the final minute.
- Rest for 8 minutes, then slice on the bias. Spoon remaining cherry BBQ sauce over sliced duck and garnish with Fresh thyme leaves.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 480 kcal
- Protein
- 28 g
- Fat
- 30 g
- Carbs
- 22 g
Approximate values for one serving.
About this recipe
- Cuisine: American, French
- In cookbook: Grilling & BBQ
