Duck With Port-Cherry Sauce | Searching4Zen

Ingredients

• 1 cup soy sauce
• 1 cup Sherry
• 4 6-ounce duck breast halves
• 12 frozen dark sweet cherries, thawed, halved
• 1 cup chicken stock or canned low-salt chicken broth
• 1 cup beef stock or canned beef broth
• ½ cup ruby Port
• 1 fresh thyme sprig
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in 2 teaspoons water
• ¼ cup (½ stick) butter, cut into ½-inch pieces, room temperature