This duck au vin dish by Nelson restaurant Hopgood’s & Co. is bound to be a winner at the dinner table. Deliciously golden duck sits on a mound of decadently creamy truffle mash and is served up alongside tender baby roast vegetables. Who knew such humble ingredients could be elevated to such heights?!
Duck Au Vin with Truffle Mash & Baby Vegetables
Ingredients
Mash
- 400 g potatoes peeled & diced
- 50 g sour cream
- 1 tsp truffle oil
- ½ tsp salt
Vegetables
- 2 baby gold beetroot cut in half
- 1 Tbsp thyme finely chopped
- 4 baby carrots
- 2 baby leeks
- 1 drizzle oil
Duck & Sauce
- 300 g skin-on duck breasts skin scored at 1cm intervals
- 1 drizzle oil
- 50 g minced bacon
- 1 shallot cut into wedges
- 250 g mushrooms cut into halves or quarters until the same size
- 1 drizzle oil
- 80 g jus (or stock)
- 1 tsp butter
Instructions
- Before you start, preheat oven to 220°C (or 200°C fan bake). Bring a medium pot of salted water to the boil.
- Prep potatoes and cook in pot of boiling water for 15-20 minutes, until very tender. Drain and leave to steam for 5 minutes, then return to pot. Mash well with sour cream, truffle oil and salt. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Keep warm.
- Cut beetroot in half and prep thyme. Toss beetroot, carrots, thyme, leeks and oil on a lined oven tray. Season with salt and pepper and roast for about 25 minutes, until tender and golden.
- Trim duck breasts of overhanging fat and score skin at 1cm intervals. Pat dry and season with salt. Heat oil in a medium fry-pan on medium-high heat. Cook duck, skin side down, for about 5 minutes to render fat.
- Flip duck and sear a further 1 minute, until lightly browned. Remove vegetables from oven and transfer duck to tray (reserving pan). Return tray to oven for 5 minutes, or until duck is medium. Rest, covered, before slicing thinly. Return vegetables to oven for any remaining cook time.
- Prep shallot and mushrooms. Wipe reserved pan clean and return to medium heat with oil. Add bacon and cook for about 2 minutes, until golden. Add shallot and mushrooms and cook for about 4 minutes, until mushrooms are tender. Remove pan from heat, add jus and a splash of water. Stir through butter.
- Serve mash and vegetables topped with duck and sauce.
