Canard à l’Orange

General Information

• Servings: 4
• Keywords: Canard, Orange, French
• Calories: 1100
• Protein: 80g
• Carbs: 90g
• Fats: 80g
• Preparation Time: 25 minutes
• Cooking Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 4 Duck Breasts
• 4 Shallots
• 4 Carrots
• 4 Sprigs of Thym
• 2 Oranges
• 2 Cloves of Garlic
• 2 teaspoon Olive Oil
• 250ml Vegetable Stock
• Salt and Pepper to Taste

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 180°C.
2. Peel and cut the shallots into four slices.
3. Peel and cut the carrots into two-centimetre thick slices.
4. Peel and mince the garlic.
5. Put the shallots, carrots, thym sprigs and garlic into an oven dish.
6. Drizzle the vegetables with olive oil and mix together.
7. Place the duck breasts on top of the vegetables.
8. Put the oven dish into the preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes.
9. Meanwhile, peel the oranges and slice the segments.
10. In a saucepan, heat up the vegetable stock.
11. When the duck breasts have cooked for 30 minutes, remove the oven dish from the oven and add the orange slices on top of the duck breasts.
12. Pour the hot vegetable stock over the orange slices and duck breasts.
13. Carefully put the oven dish back into the preheated oven and let the Canard à l’Orange bake for another 15 minutes (no less than that!).
14. When the timer is over, take out the oven dish and enjoy your warm and delicious French dinner!

Recommended Sides

• Roasted potatoes
• Steamed vegetables
• Rice

Want to spice things up? Add some minced chili peppers to the vegetables for a fiery kick!