Baked duck - a festive dish. Hearty, tasty and very beautiful, it will decorate any table and will please the family and guests. How to cook a duck, we will tell in this article. We suggest you study the recipe in detail.
Tasty cook duck with apples
For this dish you will need:
- medium sized duck (1.5-2 kilograms);
- a few sweet and sour apples (about 4-5 pcs.);
- honey, grain mustard;
- orange liquor;
- half a lemon;
- Lavrushka, pepper (peas), vinegar and salt.
How to cook a duck: step by step instructions
1 step
Rinse the duck carcass in water. Remove remaining feathers and hairs from the surface (you can pinch or scorch over the fire). Rinse the duck thoroughly inside. Dry the carcass with a towel (paper).
2 step
How to cook a duck? The meat of this bird requires additional soaking. It is necessary to prepare a marinade, thanks to which the duck will turn out tender and tasty. Pour water into a large container (where the carcass can fit). Add salt and vinegar. Try it: the water should turn out to be brackish acid. Put a few bay leaves and about a dozen peas of black pepper into the brine. Put the duck in the marinade and leave for several hours (preferably all night). You can press a bird with a load.
3 step
After pickling the duck, remove it from the brine and rub it inside with salt. Set aside and get stuffed. Wash and cut the apples. Remove the core and chop into cubes / wedges. Salt the slices, sprinkle a little pepper and cinnamon. Slice a lemon and mix with apples
4 step
Now you need to stuff the carcass. Inside, lay apples, lemon. Then take the thread and sew the hole.
5 step
How to cook a duck so that it turns rosy and looks appetizing on the holiday table? To do this, prepare a mixture for coating. Mix in a separate container 5 tablespoons of honey, a couple of tablespoons of orange liquor and a large spoonful of mustard. Stir the ingredients and spread the duck over the sauce. Then carefully place the bird in the baking sleeve, with the back facing down. Fix the holes with the clamps and place on the baking sheet. To exit the hot steam, make a few holes in the sleeve.
6 step
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Place a baking tray with duck in it for 2 hours. If the carcass is less or more than the weight specified in the recipe, then for every 500 grams, add 30 minutes for baking.
7 step
30-40 minutes before the end of time, remove the pan, tear the sleeve, pour the melted fat over the bird and place it back in the oven. Bake until golden brown. From time to time, pour juice from meat.
8 step
At the end of time, check the duck for readiness. To do this, pierce it with a sharp knife (in the thickest place - on the thigh). Light juice (without sucrose) means that the dish is ready and you can serve it to the table.
9 step
Put the baked duck on a large dish. Potatoes are perfect as a side dish. It can be cooked on duck fat. To do this, at the moment when you will tear the sleeve, lay out small polished potatoes around the carcass. Bake it until the duck is ready. If by this time it will still be raw, remove the carcass from the sleeve and leave the potatoes in the oven until tender. After lay it on a dish with duck, garnish with cherry tomatoes, herbs and serve. Now you know how to cook a duck with apples. Enjoy your meal!