Duck Breast (x 2). Beautiful Portions of Boneless Duck Breast Ready to Cook.

Information about Duck Breasts.

Duck has been regarded as a delicacy by chefs & a treat for home by housewives, the rich dark meat has so much more flavour than chicken. Our ready prepared Boneless Duck Breasts are approx 180g each with the skin on. The twin packs are easy to store in the freezer & convenient for thawing out slowly in the fridge ready to make a delicious dinner for two people. The high quality meat has a good texture without any added water to ruin the flavour.

What are Duck Breasts?

These are the meaty front part of the Duck covering the rib cage.

The Duck Breast is oval in shape & completely boneless with the skin on. The meat is dark in colour, similar to Venison. These have a fairly fine texture to the meat & is like cutting a steak once cooked.

How are Duck Breasts made?

The Breasts are cut from the top of the Breast Bones, sometimes called the Crown.

Before any cutting can take place the Duck carcasses are completely cleaned & hung in chillers overnight to bring their core temperature down to a few degrees above freezing. The Ducks are sent to clean production cutting rooms where they are cut into the individual portions, legs, necks & breasts. The Breast Meat is carefully separated from the Breast Bone as a single piece before splitting down the middle to leave individual Breasts.

How are our Duck Breasts packed?

The Boneless Duck Breasts are Vacuum Sealed in Recyclable Plastic pouches.

The Breasts are stacked on top of eachother with the exposed meat sides together & the skin on the outside.

The Duck Breast Fillets are packed within a few minutes of being freshly cut & Blast Frozen, this keeps the moisture & flavour in the meat. The Breasts are vacuum packed & are all “Quick Frozen & sealed into Recyclable Plastic Pouches. The bags are then labelled with full traceability & packed into recycled cardboard boxes.

The boxes are palletised & kept frozen at -18°c, giving a 2 year shelf life when kept below -18°c. Please see this link about Blast Freezing & the benefits when freezing meats; The Benefits of Blast Freezing Meats.

The Recyclable Pouches protect your Chicken Breasts from any damage during delivery, any contamination from other foodstuffs in your fridge & they are perfect for frozen storage. The pouches now used are stronger & thinner than before as we are reducing our Carbon Footprint for a Greener Future. Less packaging means less energy needed to make & recycle plastic.

To further help us towards our goal for a Greener Future, we ask that all our wholesale & online customers recycle responsibly.

All our production plants are BRCGS / IFS approved & operate under the strictest of conditions. Monitored by on site health vets to ensure all cutting & hygiene practises are followed at all times. The temperature controlled cutting rooms with filtered air means we can reduce natural bacteria growth & produce safer products with a longer shelf life. The process from farm to finished product is a very humane & efficient.

Are Boneless Duck Breasts good value for money?

The Duck Breasts are produced as a wholesale meat cut & have a much lower price online.

The production cutting plants have maximised productivity & efficiency to produce the cheapest high quality Boneless Breasts available to buy online or wholesale. The two portions per pack are generous & filling for a low price, you can enjoy restaurant quality Duck Breast dinners for a fraction of the cost of eating out. The Breasts have NO Added water & the net weight after cooking is much closer to the raw bought weight, giving more meat for your money.

The savings we make in production are passed on to our customers, see why you get more meat for your money when ordering online. #moremeatfym  

Are Boneless Duck Breasts nutritious?

Boneless Duck is a lean meat & a great source of Minerals, Vitamins & Protein.

The Breasts have the skin on & a layer of fat between the skin & the main meat, for a super healthy meal you can cook these & remove the skin / fat before eating.

Provenance of our Duck

Sourcing most of our Duck locally to production in Europe & UK, enables us to always have easy access to good quality A Grade Duck from sustainable sources. Having built up relationships with local farmers, the Ducks supplied very consistent in size & quality, & able to meet our demands for higher volumes when needed.

All the local farms that supply production meet the highest European standards as quality & safety are our main priorities when buying Duck. The Ducks are checked & monitored 24 hours a day in temperature-controlled environments.

How do you cook Boneless Duck Breasts?

To use your Duck, place into the fridge a few days before cooking, to defrost slowly.

The best way to thaw out the Breasts is to leave them in their pack at the bottom of your fridge to thaw out slowly, because the meat relaxes gradually not damaging the cells in the meat & leaves you with lovely fresh Duck. You can partially thaw the bag & separate the Fillets if you only need one piece.

Firstly, remove the Breasts from the fridge 30 minutes before cooking, this brings the internal temperature of the meat up & relaxes the meat fibres. This first step is important when cooking with any meats because you get a more even cook with tastier juicy results.

Duck Breasts can be cooked in the oven, in the pan, Air Fryer or on the Barbecue. Cooking in the pan is quicker & easier to get a delicious crispy outside. Grilling Duck Breasts on the Barbecue is a treat if you love Smokey tasting meat with delicious grill marks.

Cooking times for Duck Breasts:

• A cold pan Med Heat   15-20 minutes skin side down to render the fat
• Finish in the oven 200°c for 6-8 minutes

Doneness internal temperatures:

• Medium Rare: 54°c
• Medium: 60°c
• Well Done: 68°c<

PRO TIP:

Rest your Duck on a wooden board covered in a tea towel for 5 minutes before serving. This allows the meat fibres to relax & absorb their natural juices for great results every time.

Here are a few ideas on how to cook your Duck Breasts:

• How to cook Crispy Duck Breast
• How to create that perfect Duck Breast Meal at home
• Juicy Breasts on the BBQ

When cooking Duck Breasts you need them to be a good-sized portion to give the flexibility to create different meals. If the Breast is too thin, you are unable to make stuffed Breast recipes, our Breasts can be sliced down the middle to create two portions from one piece.

Sharing your Duck Breast cooks on Social Media.

Sharing quality food at home or in a restaurant is what we all love to do. Special cuts like the Breast Fillets are not too expensive & idea for creating affordable, delicious sharing meals. We all have our own methods, tips & tricks when cooking at home to get our Duck just right….

Sharing the results of these cooks on Social Media is a great idea, as we love sharing them with our followers, giving them fresh inspiration to try new cooking methods or recipes. Why not join us over on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter, tagging us in your pictures, reels, recipes, videos, stories & ideas.

When we are tagged in posts & our Hashtags are used, it makes it much easier to find them through our Social Media notifications. Sharing your home cooks are a great way of building an online community for people to enjoy better, healthier food & make delicious savings. Take pleasure in cooking with your Duck Fillets at home, & try some of the recipes in the next tab with these.

Many people are unsure on what recipes or how to cook Boneless Breast Fillets at home. Your posts on Social Media will help them to make different recipes & learn Pro Tips when cooking. In addition to our Facebook Page, we have an interactive Facebook Group for sharing your cooks & ideas. The group is called Sherwood Home Cooking & Barbecue, see delicious recipes, hints & tips from some of our online customers.

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