Crispy duck with apple sauce

AUTHOR
Bill Macdonald
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
150 mins
TOTAL TIME
150 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 duck ready for roasting (2.2-2.5 kg)
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, white pepper, nutmeg
  • 3 medium-sized onions
  • 2 stem(s) from. 1/4 Tsp Thyman
  • 3-4 cinnamon pieces or 1 stick
  • 1/2-3/4 l Chicken broth or stock
  • 1 (approx. 1 kg) savoy cabbage
  • 50 g streaky smoked bacon
  • 2-3 TABLESPOONS Apple cabbage or apple jelly (glass)
  • 1/4 l apple juice
  • 1 crossed out. Tbsp. starch
  • 7-10 Tbsp Parsley and apple slices

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the duck, pat dry. Season inside with salt and pepper, outside with pepper. Peel and quarter 2 onions. Put the duck on a cold rinsed fat pan. Arrange onions, thyme and cinnamon around it. In a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/circulating air: 175 °C/gas: level 3)

  2. 2

    Fry for 2-2 1/4 hours. After 1/2 hour add broth little by little

  3. 3

    Clean, wash, quarter and cut the savoy cabbage into fine strips. Blanch briefly in boiling salted water. Quench and drain

  4. 4

    Peel and chop one onion. Dice the bacon and leave it crisp in the pot. Fry the onion. Add savoy cabbage and stew for about 5 minutes, season to taste

  5. 5

    Brush the duck with heavily salted water for the last 10 minutes (at high heat). About 5 minutes before the end of the roasting time, brush with approx. 2 tbsp. apple cabbage and fry until crispy

  6. 6

    Keep the duck warm. Sieve and degrease the stock. Add apple juice and possibly the rest of the stock to 1/2 l and bring to the boil. Stir starch and 3 tbsp. water until smooth. Thicken sauce with it. Season to taste with salt, pepper and possibly apple sauce. Arrange everything. Garnish with parsley and apple slices if necessary. Served with: Boiled potatoes

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
900 kcal
CARBS
16 g
FATS
51 g
PROTEINS
88 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesMeatPoultry