Honey Duck

Name: Honey Duck
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 small ready-to-cook duck (approx. 1.6 kg); 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 3 TABLESPOONS liquid honey; 1 collar Thyme; 2 Onions; 2 Pineapple rings (canned); 1 TABLESPOON clarified butter; 1 glass (370 ml; drained weight 335 g) Red cabbage; 1-2 TABLESPOONS Fruit Vinegar; 1 TABLESPOON Sugar; 1 Anisstern; 4 Potato dumplings (half & half - in cook bag); 2 discs Toast; 1 TABLESPOON Butter or margarine; 7-10 Tbsp fresh pineapple, thyme and star anise; 7-10 Tbsp wooden skewers; 7-10 Tbsp Kitchen yarn

AUTHOR
Xavier Baldwin

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
120 mins

TOTAL TIME
120 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 2

1 small ready-to-cook duck (approx. 1.6 kg)
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
3 TABLESPOONS liquid honey
1 collar Thyme
2 Onions
2 Pineapple rings (canned)
1 TABLESPOON clarified butter
1 glass (370 ml; drained weight 335 g) Red cabbage
1-2 TABLESPOONS Fruit Vinegar
1 TABLESPOON Sugar
1 Anisstern
4 Potato dumplings (half & half - in cook bag)
2 discs Toast
1 TABLESPOON Butter or margarine
7-10 Tbsp fresh pineapple, thyme and star anise
7-10 Tbsp wooden skewers
7-10 Tbsp Kitchen yarn

Directions

1
Wash the duck and pat dry. Rub vigorously with salt and pepper inside and out. Close the opening with a wooden skewer and tie up with kitchen string. Tie wings and legs likewise. Put them on the fat pan of the oven. Roast in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for about 1 1/2 hours.
2
Then brush with honey. Wash and chop the thyme and sprinkle over it. Roast again for another 15 minutes (electric cooker: 200 °C/ gas: level 3). In the meantime, peel and chop the onions. Cut pineapple into pieces. Heat up the lard. Sauté onions in it. Add red cabbage. Season with vinegar, sugar and aniseed. Simmer for about 10 minutes. Put potato dumplings in cold, salted water.
3
Sauté onions in it. Add red cabbage. Season with vinegar, sugar and aniseed. Simmer for about 10 minutes. Put potato dumplings in cold, salted water. Bring to the boil, cook for about 1 minute. Let it simmer at low heat for about 15 minutes. In the meantime crumble the toast finely. Heat the fat. Roast the toast crumbs in it until golden brown. Sprinkle the dumplings with crumbly butter, serve the duck and red cabbage garnished with pineapple, thyme and star aniseed
4
Bring to the boil, cook for about 1 minute. Let it simmer at low heat for about 15 minutes. In the meantime crumble the toast finely. Heat the fat. Roast the toast crumbs in it until golden brown. Sprinkle the dumplings with crumbly butter, serve the duck and red cabbage garnished with pineapple, thyme and star aniseed