Honey-roasted Duck with Wild Mushroom Tarragon and Spinach Sauce

Name: Honey-roasted Duck with Wild Mushroom Tarragon and Spinach Sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 x 175g/6oz duck; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 4 tbsp clear honey; 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder; 115g/4oz unsalted butter; 1 shallot; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 150g/5oz wild mushrooms; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 75ml/3fl oz water; 1 tbsp tarragon; 1 tbsp olive oil; 200g/7oz baby spinach

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients

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Why it works: Shallot and tarragon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 602 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Honey-roasted Duck with Wild Mushroom Tarragon and Spinach Sauce

Serves 4

Prep30 min

Cook30 min

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

671Calories

24 gProtein

54 gFat

28 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Duck	100g cooked with skin	337
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Tarragon	1 tsp dried (0.5g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Shallot + tarragontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together602 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Lemon + tarragontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,137 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Shallot + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,982 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Pepper + tarragontop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,399 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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