2008 POM Fresh Blog Recipe Contest Winner!

CONGRATULATIONS - PETER KRAUSE!

Winner of our 2008 POM Blog Recipe Contest!

Peter made an incredibly detailed and elegant Seared Duck Breast with Pomegranate Juice Reduction to take the prize.  We look forward to Peter's next 11 posts in 2009. 

See Peter's original submission & directions: here

Recipe/List of ingredients:

Sauce:
1 cup POM Wonderful 100% pomegranate juice
1 cup chicken stock (I make my own, use low sodium if canned)
1 tbsp champagne vinegar (or any white wine vinegar)
1 tbsp brown sugar
8-10 black peppercorns, whole
1 packed tsp zest of lemon
1 medium shallot, sliced
1 tsp olive oil
salt to taste
1 tsp flour with leftover duck fat (to make a roux)

Seared duck breasts
2 duck breasts, skin and fat scored
1 tsp olive oil
salt to taste
handful of pomegranate arils for garnish

Matchstick potatoes
1 Idaho potato, sliced into matchstick-thick spears
Duck fat from sautéed breasts
Peanut oil to top off
salt to taste

continue to see the 8 Finalists.

RECIPE CONTEST FINALISTS
Each of our finalists will receive a case of POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice.

• Seared Duck Breast with Pomegranate Juice Reduction (Peter Krause - Melbourne, FL)
• Triple Chocolate POM Tart (Keri Fidler - Ogden, UT) 
• POM and Pistachio Wild Rice Salad (Julie Hession - Las Vegas, NV) 
• Pomegranate and Dark Chocolate Bark with Salted Honey Almonds (Kelly Madey - Quakertown, PA) blog link not available
• Sherried Chicken and Pomegranate Salad (Erin Evenson - Brooklyn, NY) 
• Pomegranate Blue Cheese Dip (Illyana Saunderson - Brooklyn, NY)
• Baby Spinach, POM, Goat Cheese & Pecan Salad (Marilyn Senders - North  Wales, PA)
• POM Sage Petite Quiche (Brooke McLay - Colorado Springs, CO)