Description
Learn how to make French magret de canard, step by step!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 duck breast
- Coarse sea salt
- Ground black pepper
Instructions
- Score the skin using a sharp knife.
- Rub coarse sea salt and black pepper into the cuts in the skin.
- Put the duck in a cold frying pan, skin down, and turn on the heat (medium heat).
- Once the frying pan gets hots and skin begins to sizzle, cook the duck for 8 minutes.
- The fat will have melted out, so remove it from the frying pan.
- Turn the magret de canard over and cook the the meat side down for another 4 minutes.
- Remove the duck from the frying pan, remove from the frying pan, wrap in aluminum foil and leave to rest 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
- Slice to your preferred thickness.
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Cuisine: French
