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Orange Duck Recipe


Orange Duck Recipe
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.

Edmund

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Ingredients
  • 2, 6-7pd. Ducks
  • Herb Bouquet
  • 1 stock of Celery
  • 1 onion
  • 1 large carrot
  • ¼ tsp dried tarragon
  • ¼ cup Triple-Sec
  • ¼ cup Brandy
  • 2 tbp. Minute Maid Orange Juice
  • 1 Orange
  • ¼ cup Wine Vinegar
  • 2 tbp Sugar

Directions
  1. Stock:
  2. Remove wings to body of duck
  3. Add to large pot (simmer 3 hours)
  4. Wings, neck, and other trimmings
  5. Celery, onion, carrot, herb bouquet, and 5 cups of water
  6. Remove from heat
  7. Strain (throw out solids)
  8. Freeze and de-fat (yields 2 cups)
  9. Duck:
  10. Check for feathers
  11. Diamond cut the skin (do not cut into meat)
  12. Roast at 200deg for 3 hours (uncovered, raised)
  13. Increase heat to 300deg for 30mins
  14. Pour out pan juices into large cup (de-fat)
  15. Remove ducks and split each into halves
  16. Place in boiler at 550
  17. 10mins skin down
  18. 20+ min skin up (keep close eye)
  19. Sauce:
  20. ¼ cup Triple-Sec
  21. ¼ cup Brandy (flame)
  22. 2tbps Minute Maid Orange Juice (concentrate)
  23. Rind of an orange (blanch before)
  24. ¼ cup Wine Vinegar
  25. 2tbps sugar (double check)
  26. Add stock, juice
  27. Thicken
  28. Season (NO SALT)

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Comments


Best orange sauce I've ever had, and the duck was in the top 5. Great recipe.


This sounds really good. Can't wait to try it.


Going to try this one. We love duck in our house. Even my children. Thanks for posting.


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