Braised Duck in a Chocolate Wine Sauce
From jo_jo_ba 16 years ago
- 130 minutes to make
- Serves 4
This is a variation of Coq au Vin, made with duck legs. The sauce is made velvety smooth with the subtle addition of chocolate, which perfectly balances out the salty bacon and savoury herbs. This is similar to a Cristine Cushing recipe, though my copy does not have a source attached.
Ingredients
- 4 duck legs, well trimmed and halved shopping list
- 1 tbsp butter shopping list
- 12 shallots, peeled shopping list
- 2 carrots, diced shopping list
- 2 tbsp finely diced pancetta shopping list
- 1 cinnamon stick shopping list
- 2 bay leaves shopping list
- 2 cups dry red wine shopping list
- 3 whole cloves shopping list
- 1 tbsp dried thyme shopping list
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary shopping list
- 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses shopping list
- ¼ cup dried cranberries shopping list
- 1 ½ cups chicken stock shopping list
- 1 oz bittersweet chocolate, grated shopping list
How to make it
- Season the duck pieces with salt and pepper. Dredge duck in flour.
- Heat butter in a large Dutch oven over medium high heat.
- Brown duck pieces for about 3 minutes each side.
- Remove duck to a plate and reserve.
- Add pancetta and cook until golden, about 2 minutes.
- Add shallots and carrots and cook until shallots are lightly browned, about 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add cinnamon, bay leaves, wine, cloves, thyme, rosemary, cranberries and pomegranate molasses.
- Bring to a boil. Add duck.
- Reduce to a low simmer and cook (uncovered) 25 minutes.
- Add stock.
- Bring to a boil again then reduce heat to low.
- Cover and simmer 1 to 1½ hours, turning duck ½ way through.
- Transfer duck to bowl.
- Heat sauce over low heat and whisk in chocolate until just melted.
- Add the duck back to the sauce and stir to coat. Serve.
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Duck is fantastic and this recipe is printed and will be made soon. How innovative. Thank you.
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