fan of duck breast on an orange spiced leek and sweet potato puree

Classic duck and orange flavour combination served in an original way.

Serves 4
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Oven Temperature: 220°C (200°C Fan)

Ingredients
4 Duck breasts with skin on
450g Leeks, trimmed and sliced into 2.5cm rounds
450g Sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into large dice
2 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
2.5cm Fresh root ginger, peeled and grated
2 Oranges, grated zest and juice
2 Cloves garlic, crushed
6 Whole cloves
Sprinkling ground sea salt and black pepper

Method
1. Pierce duck skin and pan fry skin side down for 5- 8 minutes until the fat starts to run out. Oven cook for 15 minutes skin side up.
2. Prepare the puree. Simmer the sweet potato for 15 minutes until just beginning to soften. Add the leeks and cook for a further 5 - 8 minutes until they are both soft. Drain and mash together to give a rough puree.
3. Heat the olive oil in a solid based saucepan and fry the ginger, orange zest, garlic and cloves together for 1 - 2 minutes without browning. Add the orange juice and the mashed leek and sweet potato mixture and stir to combine.
4. Cut duck breasts into thin slices and fan out onto a bed of the leek puree. Drizzle with the duck cooking juices. Garnish with watercress and serve.