Pan-Fried Duck Breasts with Passion Fruit Sauce Plantation- Style

This is a delicious recipe inspired by the beautiful old Great House & Plantation, Rawlins Plantation in St. Kitts.

Ingredients:

2 duck breast fillets (about 8 oz each)
Olive oil for frying

Passion fruit sauce

1 cup passion fruit pulp (about 10 ripe passion fruits)
1/4 cup white sugar
2/3 cups water
1 tablespoon cornflour
2 tablespoons Grand Mariner or Red Rum (optional)

Combine sugar, water and cornflour in a small saucepan over a low heat. Cook gently stirring constantly until the mixture thickens. Add the passion fruit pulp and bring back to boil. Remove from heat. When cool add the Rum or Grand Marnier and chill. Set aside.


To cook the duck breasts:

Heat the oil in a frying-pan. Prick the skin of the duck breasts and place in the frying pan skin side down. Fry over a high heat for about 4-8 minutes on each side until browned or cook until just a thin line of pink is visible in the centre.

Transfer the duck breasts to a warm plate and slice thinly. Arrange a fan of the thinly sliced duck on a plate and pour the passion fruit sauce over the duck and serve.