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Le Canard A L'orange

Type: Poultry
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 oz 28gSugar --
1 oz 28gRed wine vinegar --
2   Oranges - , juice of
  Demi glace --
  Salt --
  Pepper --

Recipe Instructions

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duck leg quarters -- boned, with skin

duck breast pieces -- boned, with skin

onions -- sliced

apple -- diced

butter --

walnuts -- chopped

fresh thyme --

parsley -- finely chopped

For Sauce: 1. Cook sugar and vinegar to a gastrique (blonde caramel).

2. Add orange juice and reduce to a heavy syrup. Add demi glace and reduce if necessary. Season with S and P.

For Stuffing: 1. Sweat onion and apple in butter.

2. Add thyme, salt, pepper, walnuts. Off heat, add parsley.

For Duck: 1. Remove bones from duck legs, leaving one 2" piece pushed up through skin. Fill with 1-2 Tbl. stuffing.

2. Place on foil, shape foil to stand up legs. Place on sheet pan and bake at 350F for 45 minutes.

3. Season breasts with S and P, cook in hot pan skin side down until crisp and golden (7-10 minutes). Sear meat side and flip to skin side. Finish cooking in 375F oven for 5-10 minutes.

4. Let rest, slice into aiguillettes (long, thin slices), spoon sauce over.

By chefmad <[email protected]> on Jan 17, 97

Source:
chefmad

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