Barbary Duck Breasts
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




2 duck breasts
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon peppercorns, coarsely crushed
30 grams butter
1 teaspoon olive oil

Preparation

1 Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/gas 6. 2 Peel the skin off the breasts, sprinkle with the salt and peppercorns and pat down well. Heat the oil and butter in a grill pan until very hot then put in the duck breasts, skin side down. 3 Cook for 5 minutes if you like your duck rare or 8-10 minutes if you prefer them well done. (The cooking time will vary depending on the size of the duck breasts.) 4 Serve the duck breasts hot, sliced diagonally.