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Seared Duck Breast with Charred Pumpkin Purée & Black Garlic Jus

Name: Seared Duck Breast with Charred Pumpkin Purée & Black Garlic Jus
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 42 min
Total time: 62 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: Two 6 oz duck breasts, skin scored crosshatch; 1 pound sugar pumpkin or butternut squash, roasted and scooped; 3 tablespoons butter, divided; ½ shallot, minced; 1 cup low-sodium chicken or duck stock; 6 black garlic cloves, minced; 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar; 1 teaspoon honey; 8 fresh sage leaves (for garnish and crisp); Sea salt and cracked black pepper; 2 teaspoons neutral oil (for rendering duck skin)

Pan-seared duck breast—skin crisp and burnished, flesh rose-pink and yielding—rests on a silken, deeply caramelized pumpkin purée studded with crispy sage. A glossy black garlic jus pools at the plate's edge, adding fermented funk and savory depth. This is a main course that reads Halloween-ready: dark, sophisticated, and unapologetically luxurious.

680calper serving 42gprotein 38gcarbs 42gfat 20min prep 42min cook 2serves

≈ Macros estimated from the ingredients · per serving · developed by The Delicious Kitchen with AI assistance, not independently kitchen-tested · how we calculate this