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Weeknight Duck Salad with Beetroot and Carrots

Tammi Kwok
Sometimes when it's hot and you're tired, you can't be buggered to make a full roast. The answer! Make it into a salad instead!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

  • 2 duck breasts skin on
  • 2 tbsp garlic olive oil
  • 2 carrots peeled
  • 2 baby beets cooked and peeled*
  • 1.5 tsp wholegrain mustard
  • 0.5 cup verjuice or vinegar of your choice
  • 1.5 tsp honey
  • 0.25 cup fresh dill finely chopped
  • Salad greens to serve**

Instructions
 

  • Make shallow cuts through the skin of the duck, and salt liberally.
  • Place duck into a cold pan, and turn on to medium high heat. If possible, weight the duck breasts with another heavy pan or pot.
  • Heat another pan on high heat with the garlic olive oil.
  • Roughly cut the carrots into bite sized pieces, and place into pan with olive oil.
  • Turn the duck breasts once the skin starts getting golden brown and crispy, and cook till it's done to your liking (I suggest medium). Rest for 5 min.
  • Once the carrots start getting some colour, add the beetroots.
  • Cook for a further 2 min, then add the mustard and honey, stirring to coat the vegetables in the glaze.
  • Remove the vegetables into a large bowl, and add the verjuice and chopped dill to the honey and mustard left in the pan*. Stir to mix, and pour over the carrots and beetroot as a dressing.
  • Add the salad greens to the carrots and beetroot, and toss to coat.
  • Top with sliced duck to finish.

Notes

* For convenience, you can find baby beetroots that have been cooked and peeled in most supermarkets.
** I used a mix of fresh snow pea sprouts, mesclun mix, and fresh green beans
Adapted from Pan Seared Duck Breast with Baby Beets and Rhubarb Chutney