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Roast Duck

Roast duck it is simple to make and delicious. This will produce a good crisp skin and a well cooked duck. Roast duck it is so easy to cook.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 55 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Calories: 625
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 duck
  • 1/4 litre brown stock
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 125 ml apple sauce
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1/2 cup melted butter

Equipment

  • oven
  • Oven tray
  • Knife
  • Fork
  • cutting board

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees.
  2. Lightly season the duck inside and out side with pepper, salt. Truss and brush the duck lightly with oil.
  3. Place the duck in the preheated oven.
  4. Roast the duck for about 40 minutes. Spoon 1/4 cup of melted butter over the duck and cook for 45 minutes. Spoon the remaining butter over the duck and cook for about 15 minutes.
  5. To taste if cooked, pierce with a fork between the drumstick and thigh and hold over a plate. The juice coming out of the duck should not show any signs of blood.
  6. Prepare roast gravy with the brown stock and the sediment on the roasting tray. Remove the surface fat.
  7. Serve!

Notes

The excess fat from the roasting bird you can put in a lunch tin and keep in the fridge  and you can reuse it for even when making roast potatoes.