Orange Honey Sauce (and glaze)

How to make a rich and nutritious orange honey sauce to serve at the table with roast duck (or other types of poultry) and use as a tasty glaze for the crispy skin.

Roast duck is on the menu for Christmas dinner this year, so I thought I would share the recipe for the orange honey sauce I will be serving with the sliced breast at the table.

This simple and delicious condiment also works incredibly well as a glaze for the crispy duck skin after it comes out lightly smoked from the Weber barbecue or oven.

The orange honey sauce is the perfect complement for duck meat lightly flavored with traditional orange-cherry fruit stuffing.

Unfortunately, most orange sauce recipes contain sugar and/or cornstarch, which is an undesirable way to prepare it.

Stay away from commercial versions also, which contain a host of unhealthy additives and GMOs.

My traditional method to make this tasty sauce is to naturally thicken it by reducing some of the duck juices on the stovetop combined with fresh orange juice, herbs, and spices.

Then, I drizzle in raw honey after the sauce is ready and cooled a bit (never cook honey!).

Since only a small portion of the meat juices are needed to make the orange honey sauce, the rest is available for straining into rich and nutritious duck fat for culinary use many months afterward!

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Orange Honey Sauce (and glaze)

How to make a rich and nutritious orange honey sauce to serve at the table with roast duck or use as a glaze for the crispy skin.

Course Condiment

Cuisine French

Keyword easy, fast, healthy, nourishing, traditional

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings 8

Calories 149 kcal

Author Sarah Pope

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh squeezed orange juice about 5 medium oranges
• 1/3 cup duck drippings or chicken, turkey, goose
• 3-4 garlic cloves coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup raw honey
• 2 tsp dried rosemary
• 2 tsp dried thyme
• 1/2 tsp sea salt

Instructions

1. Place the orange juice and drippings in a medium saucepan.

2. Stir in the sea salt, herbs, and chopped garlic.

3. Bring to a low boil and turn down the heat to medium.

4. Reduce the sauce by half by simmering for 5-10 minutes.

5. Remove the pot from the stove, scoop out the pieces of garlic with a slotted spoon, and let stand for 5 minutes.

6. Stir in the raw honey and glaze the finished duck breasts if desired.

7. Serve the remaining sauce at the table.

Nutrition Facts

Orange Honey Sauce (and glaze)

Amount Per Serving (2 Tbsp)

Calories 149 Calories from Fat 72

% Daily Value*

Fat 8g12%

Saturated Fat 2.5g13%

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 4g

Potassium 56mg2%

Carbohydrates 20g7%

Protein 0.5g1%

Vitamin C 11mg13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.