Braised Wild Duck Breasts in a Spiced Wine Sauce

* A spiced wine, which see, or sub red wine that has had a pinch each orange peel, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and anise steeped in it. Pre-heat oven to 400ºF.. Place the skinned breasts in a casserole. Lay 2 half strips of bacon over each breast. Sprinkle the seasonings over the birds and then the onions and mushrooms. Pour the mushroom juice, wine and a little stock over all and cover the casserole. Bake for 20 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 300ºF. and bake for a further 55 minutes. This dish tastes even better if it is allowed to cool slowly with the breasts marinating in the stock and re-heated the next day for serving. Alternatively the cold cooked breasts can be boned; the stock thickened with cornstarch or flour and the breast medallions heated briefly in the simmering gravy and served on toast. Serving Size: 4

An original recipe by Jim Weller. Submitted By COOK4U@VIVANET.COM On THU, 7 DEC 1995 114906 GMT File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdjaxxx.zip