Pekin Duck Breasts vs Maple Leaf Farms Boneless Duck Breast

Buy the Pekin Duck Breasts for a group or for skin-on roasting: four 9 oz breasts give you big, even portions and plenty of fat to render. Buy the Maple Leaf Farms breast for a single serving or a quick weeknight cook, since it is a smaller, boneless, all-natural cut. Reviewers of the Pekin breasts call them tender and full of flavor but warn they shrink and punish bad cooking. The Maple Leaf Farms cut is simpler to handle but gives you less to work with.

• Choose the Pekin Duck Breasts if you are feeding several people or want large skin-on breasts to score, render and finish in the oven.
• Choose the Maple Leaf Farms breast if you want one small boneless portion, gluten-free and all natural, with less prep.