3 duck breast armagnac sauce Recipes

white grapes, armagnac (brandy), duck breasts (approximately 350 g each), salt, cayenne pepper, shallots, cornflour, red wine (such as pinot noir), meat stock, green peppercorns (soaked in water or brandy), extra dark bittersweet chocolate (78 % cocoa)

boneless duck breast* (4 boneless breast halves, cut from two 5 1/2- to 6-lb ducks), firm-ripe bosc pear, apple juice, cornstarch, calvados or armagnac, green peppercorns packed in brine, drained and crushed lightly, duck or veal demiglace* or 1/2 extra-large vegetarian vegetable bouillon cube, fresh thyme leaves or 1/4 tsp dried, crumbled, garnish: fresh thyme sprigs