Roast Duck With Orange Sauce
Created by Gerry on December 13, 2017
- Servings: 2 - 4
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 21/2-3h
- Recipe #28789
Ingredients
- 4 to 5 pound whole duck
- 1 teaspoon sea salt (to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper (to taste)
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 whole orange
- Apple (1/2 apple, optional)
- 1 stalk celery
- 1 bay leaf
- FOR GLAZE
- 1/4 cup orange juice (freshly squeezed)
- 2 tablespoon liqueur (orange-flavored)
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- FOR ORANGE SAUCE
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (white)
- 2/3 cup duck stock (or chicken broth)
- 1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind (I use a zester)
- 1/3 cup orange juice (freshly squeezed)
- Salt, 1 pinch
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
How to Make
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Step 1: Glaze: in a small bowl combine orange juice, orange liqueur, red wine vinegar and sugar, set aside.
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Step 2: Preheat oven to 400
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Step 3: With the tip of a sharp knife prick duck skin all over, do not pierce the meat.
How to Make
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Step 4: Rub inside of the cavity with half the salt and pepper, stuff with bay leaf, chunks of onion, orange, apple and celery (discard before serving) tie legs together.
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Step 5: Oven roast at 400 for 35 minutes, pour off the clear fat, baste with some of the glaze.
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Step 6: Reduce heat to 350 oven, basting every 15 minutes with remaining glaze and pan juices roasting about 2 1/2 – 3 hours or until skin is crisp, golden brown and legs move freely.
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Step 7: Discard onion, orange, apple, celery and bay leaf, transfer duck to plate and keep warm.
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Step 8: Skim off and discard fat, pour remaining pan juices into bowl.
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Step 9: Orange Sauce: in a heavy saucepan over medium heat melt sugar by swirling in pan until amber in color, remove from heat stir in stock and bring to a boil stirring.
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Step 10: Add in pan juices, cornstarch, orange rind, orange juice and salt, stir in and simmer until slightly thickened.
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Step 11: Using poultry shears cut the bird in half down the breast, then along each side of the backbone, then between the leg and breast.
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Step 12: Plate and serve with orange sauce.