Bourbon-Smoked Duck Breast with Bourbon-Cherry Sauce and Bourbon-Infused Wild Rice

Ingredients

• 2 duck breasts
• Salt and black pepper
• 1 tbsp bourbon
• 1/2 cup cherries, pitted
• 1/4 cup stock
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 cup wild rice
• 2 cups stock or water
• 1 tbsp bourbon for the rice

Instructions

1. Score the duck skin, season well, and smoke or roast until the skin is crisp and the meat is medium.
2. Simmer cherries with stock, honey, and bourbon until slightly reduced into a sauce.
3. Cook wild rice until tender.
4. Stir a splash of bourbon into the cooked rice and fluff before serving.
5. Slice duck and serve with cherry sauce and the bourbon-infused wild rice.