On a flight to CA last week I read
32 Yolks by Eric Ripert, and I've been hungry ever since! The wife is off on an adventure, and I don't normally cook like this for myself, but Eric inspired me to create something. Duck is one of my favorite things of all time, and when I went shopping a few days ago my local grocery store had duck breast on sale. I bought a few and brined one of them yesterday. I couldn't find fresh cherries, so I opted for blackberries and worked a sauce that I had been conjuring since reading Eric's story of being a saucier in France. The results were quite good, if I don't say so myself.
Sous vied duck breast finished in a cast iron skillet, and a port and blackberry reduction sauce. Served with duck fat roasted potatoes and Cipolline onions, wilted spinach and duck fat sauteed Portobello mushrooms.
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