Orange Duck
From edmund 16 years ago
- 240 minutes to make
- Serves 4
This is a traditional Orange Duck with a delicious crispy skin, and surprisingly little fat, compared to how duck dishes normally are. Serve with roasted red potatoes and carrots.
Ingredients
- 2, 6-7pd. ducks shopping list
- herb Bouquet shopping list
- 1 stock of celery shopping list
- 1 onion shopping list
- 1 large carrot shopping list
- ¼ tsp dried tarragon shopping list
- ¼ cup Triple-Sec shopping list
- ¼ cup brandy shopping list
- 2 tbp. Minute Maid orange juice shopping list
- 1 orange shopping list
- ¼ cup wine vinegar shopping list
- 2 tbp sugar shopping list
How to make it
- Stock:
- Remove wings to body of duck
- Add to large pot (simmer 3 hours)
- Wings, neck, and other trimmings
- Celery, onion, carrot, herb bouquet, and 5 cups of water
- Remove from heat
- Strain (throw out solids)
- Freeze and de-fat (yields 2 cups)
- Duck:
- Check for feathers
- Diamond cut the skin (do not cut into meat)
- Roast at 200deg for 3 hours (uncovered, raised)
- Increase heat to 300deg for 30mins
- Pour out pan juices into large cup (de-fat)
- Remove ducks and split each into halves
- Place in boiler at 550
- 10mins skin down
- 5+ min skin up (keep close eye)
- Sauce:
- ¼ cup Triple-Sec
- ¼ cup Brandy (flame)
- 2tbps Minute Maid Orange Juice (concentrate)
- Rind of an orange (blanch before)
- ¼ cup Wine Vinegar
- 2tbps sugar (double check)
- Add stock, juice
- Thicken
- Season (NO SALT)
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- tilgidh Blackshear, GA
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Best orange sauce I've ever had, and the duck was in the top 5. Great recipe.
aimee
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This sounds really good. Can't wait to try it.
barb101
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Used this recipe this evening. It was wonderful! Guest loved it. Thank you for this post!
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