Omer - English - Duck breast with tarragon

With in OMER. stewed apples, green cabbage, bacon and croquettes

Ingredients

• 3 duck breasts
• Pinch of salt and pepper
• Pinch of nutmeg
• 1 bunch of tarragon
• 1/2 OMER. Traditional Blond
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 green cabbage
• 200 gr smoked bacon
• 2 jonagold apples
• 5 Dl veal stock
• 2 tbsp gastrique
• 4 tbsp butter
• 20 croquettes

Preparation

For 4 persons

1. Cut a grid in the fat of the duck breast and season with pepper, salt.
2. Fry the duck breast for 3 minutes on the skin side without fat, the fat of the duck will melt.
3. Turn the duck over and fry another 4 minutes on low heat on the other side. Remove the duck from the pan and let rest under aluminium foil.
4. Cut the apples into 1 cm cubes and put them in the same pan with the glaze. Sprinkle with sugar and let caramelise.
5. Deglaze with OMER. and leave to simmer for 2 minutes, finish with finely chopped tarragon.
6. Put a knob of butter in a large pot, cut the green cabbage into fine strips and stew them in the butter, season with pepper, salt and nutmeg. Add the bacon and leave to simmer for 8 minutes under cover.
7. Cut the duck into thin slices, arrange it over the green cabbage and finish off with the apples.
8. Add the veal stock, gastrique and chopped tarragon and reduce by half.
9. Mount the sauce with lumps of cold butter.
   

Pour a fresh OMER. Traditional Blond and enjoy this food pairing!