Duck Breast in Brandy Sauce with Truffles and Mushrooms

Name: Duck Breast in Brandy Sauce with Truffles and Mushrooms
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 1¼ cups Fundador or other Spanish brandy; 1 (3½-oz.) can truffle juice; 1 (2-lb.) whole magret duck breast, cut lengthwise into 2 halves; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 20 button mushrooms, cleaned, trimmed, and thinly sliced; 1 ¾ oz. preserved black truffle, drained and very thinly sliced; 2½ cups low-sodium chicken stock; 2 tbsp. truffle butter; 1 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley

Serves
serves 4

(Magret de Pato Perfumado al Brandy con Trufas y Setas)
This dish goes back to 1960s Spain, where it was served by Swiss chefs Otto and Urs Muller at El Bulli, the beachside shack in the coastal town of Roses they transformed into a legendary Michelin-starred restaurant.

Ingredients

1¼ cups Fundador or other Spanish brandy
1 (3½-oz.) can truffle juice
1 (2-lb.) whole magret duck breast, cut lengthwise into 2 halves
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
20 button mushrooms, cleaned, trimmed, and thinly sliced
1 ¾ oz. preserved black truffle, drained and very thinly sliced
2½ cups low-sodium chicken stock
2 tbsp. truffle butter
1 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley

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Instructions

Step 1

Put brandy and truffle juice into a deep glass or ceramic dish, add duck, cover, and marinate in the refrigerator for 8 hours.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 400°. Heat a large skillet over medium heat until hot but not smoking. Remove duck from marinade, reserving marinade, and pat dry. Using a sharp knife, score duck skin in a crosshatch pattern. Season duck all over with salt and pepper, then cook in hot skillet, skin side down, until skin is golden brown, 8 - 12 minutes. Turn duck and cook for 1 minute more. Transfer duck, skin side up, to a shallow baking dish and set skillet aside. Roast duck for 3-4 minutes for rare. Remove duck from oven, loosely cover with foil, and set aside.

Step 3

Pour off all but 5 tbsp. of the rendered duck fat from skillet and return skillet to medium-high heat. Add mushrooms to skillet and cook until golden, 8-10 minutes. Stir in reserved marinade and add truffles. Carefully ignite marinade with a kitchen match and allow flame to burn for 1 minute, then add stock. Increase heat to high and cook, stirring often, until sauce thickens, 20-25 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and whisk in truffle butter.

Step 4

Divide mushrooms and sauce among four warm plates. Slice duck, divide evenly among the plates and garnish with parsley.

Put brandy and truffle juice into a deep glass or ceramic dish, add duck, cover, and marinate in the refrigerator for 8 hours.
Preheat oven to 400°. Heat a large skillet over medium heat until hot but not smoking. Remove duck from marinade, reserving marinade, and pat dry. Using a sharp knife, score duck skin in a crosshatch pattern. Season duck all over with salt and pepper, then cook in hot skillet, skin side down, until skin is golden brown, 8 - 12 minutes. Turn duck and cook for 1 minute more. Transfer duck, skin side up, to a shallow baking dish and set skillet aside. Roast duck for 3-4 minutes for rare. Remove duck from oven, loosely cover with foil, and set aside.
Pour off all but 5 tbsp. of the rendered duck fat from skillet and return skillet to medium-high heat. Add mushrooms to skillet and cook until golden, 8-10 minutes. Stir in reserved marinade and add truffles. Carefully ignite marinade with a kitchen match and allow flame to burn for 1 minute, then add stock. Increase heat to high and cook, stirring often, until sauce thickens, 20-25 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and whisk in truffle butter.
Divide mushrooms and sauce among four warm plates. Slice duck, divide evenly among the plates and garnish with parsley.