How to choose a duck?
Opt for a young bird. It has straight claws and smooth skin near the beak.
When choosing a duck, touch its “bust”. In a fresh specimen, the thorax is soft and flexible. The old bird will immediately bend under the pressure put on it.
It is recommended to choose a small duck. This way you can be sure that it was not filled with hormonal supplements.
The skin should be light, without dark spots. The smell should not be sour or rotten.
It is better not to choose a product wrapped in vacuum packaging, as this will prevent you from checking the freshness and age of the bird.
Classic recipe
If you are using an older bird, let it soak in the marinade. It is also recommended to bake this duck longer than usual.
Components:
- 50 grams of honey;
- 3-4 medium oranges;
- 100 milliliters of soy sauce;
- 100 milliliters of orange juice;
- 2.5-3 kg duck;
- one large spoon of ground ginger.
Recipe for duck with oranges in the oven:
- Squeeze the liquid from the citrus. You should get 100 milliliters of juice.
- Divide the remaining oranges into 4-6 shares.
- Mix juice with soy sauce, add honey and stir. Season, add ginger and salt. Mix.
- Wash the bird, stuff it with orange slices, brush with a mixture of juice and vinegar.
- Place the duck in a roasting sleeve.
- Heat the oven to 190 degrees. Cook for 2-2.5 hours.
Garnish the dish with orange slices and sprigs of herbs.
New Year's duck in the oven with oranges
This magical dish, which can easily be prepared at home, will definitely join the list of the best New Year's recipes. Follow the recipe strictly (step by step) - and your reward will be a very tasty duck with a truly Christmas aroma of cinnamon and citrus.
Ingredients
- Duck (gutted) – carcass weighing 1.5 kg;
- Carrot – 1 pc.;
- Leek – 1 pc.;
- Parsley root – 6 cm;
- Celery root – 100 g;
- Bay leaf – 2 pcs.;
- Peppercorns – 1 tsp;
- Allspice – 3 pcs.;
- Salt – 2 tbsp;
- Orange – 1 large fruit;
- Cinnamon – 1 stick;
- Black pepper (ground) – ½ tsp;
- Cognac – 2 tbsp;
- Narsharab sauce - 2 tbsp.
How to bake New Year's duck with oranges
- Wash the carrots, parsley root and celery, clean them and throw them together with the leeks into a pan, where we also add water and place the duck carcass. Also add salt (1 tbsp), peppers, and bay leaves into the water. Let the duck boil for half an hour.
- After 30 minutes, remove the bird from the broth and cool for 10-15 minutes in a cool place, but not in the refrigerator.
- Meanwhile, prepare the marinade. Mix “narsharab” sauce with ground pepper, 1 tbsp. salt and 2 tbsp. cognac Rub the resulting mixture inside and outside the bird, wrap it in polyethylene and put it in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
- After the specified time has passed, take an orange and, using a potato peeling knife, thinly cut off the zest from it, without the white layer. Then we clean the pulp from the white skin and divide it into slices.
- We stuff the duck carcass into slices and place it in the cooking sleeve. We also distribute the orange zest over the bag, put in a cinnamon stick, tie the bag tightly in a knot, make a couple of punctures in it and put it in the oven.
- At a temperature of 140°C, the duck will be baked for 2.5 hours, after which, to obtain a crust, remove the finished carcass from the sleeve and bake at 200°C for another 15 minutes.
New Year's duck prepared using the above-described technologies (choose the recipe at your discretion, depending on what you like best - oranges, apples or mushrooms) will be the best decoration for the festive table. Tender, aromatic meat will be highly appreciated by even the most severe culinary critics. Experiment - and let your dish conquer everyone with its taste and sophistication.
Have a delicious New Year and Christmas feast!
Recipe with apples
For the dish, use green sour apples. You can also complement the bird not only with oranges, but also with lemon.
Required components:
- two medium apples;
- duck;
- 30 milliliters of olive oil;
- two medium oranges;
- head of garlic;
- basil, pepper, marjoram, salt.
Steps for preparing duck with apples and oranges:
- Pour a little oil into a deep bowl, add one small spoonful of salt and seasonings. Press out the garlic using a garlic press. Mix well.
- Divide the citrus into four parts. Squeeze the liquid out of them and mix with the marinade. Leave for 10-15 minutes.
- Wash and dry the bird. Coat with marinade, wrap in a bag.
- Cut the entire contents of the duck into small slices.
- Wash the apples, peel them, divide them into four parts and into cubes.
- Add fruit to the contents of the bird. Sprinkle with lemon juice and season. Mix. Stuff the duck with the resulting mixture.
- Sew the bird up with thread or secure with toothpicks. Place in a baking bag and leave for a couple of hours.
- Place citrus slices on a bird tray. Place the duck with its back on the oranges.
- Heat the oven to 190 degrees.
- Bake the dish for 2.5 hours.
- To create a golden crust on the carcass, add fat to the bird that is released on the substrate.
The dish is ready.
Christmas dish
The British cook goose with apples on Christmas Eve. And we will have a variation of this dish - duck in orange sauce. A simple recipe, but what a great result! We gut the carcass, wash it and dry it thoroughly with a towel. Pour 30 g of olive oil and the juice of one orange into a plate. Season with salt, pepper (black and red), and poultry seasonings. Squeeze three-quarters of the garlic head. Let the carcass marinate in this mixture. Let's prepare the filling. Cut the duck giblets and two sour apples (without skin and seed pods) into cubes. Chop the remaining garlic. Add six pieces of dried apricots. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Season with pepper, add a pinch of marjoram and basil. Stuff the duck with this filling as tightly as possible. We sew up the belly, tie up the paws and wings. Leave for an hour at room temperature. Place orange slices on a sheet of foil. They have a duck on them. Cover with orange slices. Wrap it in foil and put the package in the oven. Duck with apples in orange sauce is baked for one hour under aluminum and another 30 minutes without it.
Recipe with prunes
Poultry with prunes and nuts has an original and rich taste. Complete the finished dish with a cinnamon stick and herbs.
To prepare poultry with oranges you will need the following ingredients:
- four apples;
- kilogram duck;
- sunflower oil;
- two medium oranges;
- a handful of prunes;
- 5 cloves of garlic;
- a handful of walnuts.
Recipe for duck with oranges in the oven:
- Rinse the bird well and dry with a towel. Remove excess fat.
- Wash the apples, remove the skins, remove the seeds, and cut into small pieces.
- Chop the prunes and nuts as well. Mix with fruit.
- Rub the duck with salt and pepper, squeeze out the garlic and rub it inside the bird.
- Stuff the carcass with fruit filling. Sew the bird up with thread or secure the edges with toothpicks.
- Place the duck back down in a baking dish and brush with oil. Place apples around. Cover the mold with a lid.
- Heat the oven to 190 degrees. Bake the dish for one and a half to two hours. Every half an hour, baste the bird with the fat that appears on the base of the mold.
Decorate the finished dish with herbs.
Duck in orange sauce: recipe from Italy
We tie the legs and wings of the carcass so that the edges do not burn in the oven. Rub with salt and pepper. Fry in a casserole dish until crusty in a mixture of vegetable and butter. Pour a glass of cognac. Turn the bird over so that it is completely saturated with the smell of the distillate. Pour in an incomplete glass of white wine. Simmer covered for forty minutes. Remove the thin zest from two oranges and a lemon. We try not to damage the white shell of the citrus fruit. Squeeze the juice from a lemon and one orange. Pour it over the duck. Cut the second orange into thin slices. Boil the zest in salted water for five minutes, cut into strips. When the duck in orange sauce is ready, take it out onto a plate. Decorate with citrus slices. Add the juice and zest to the sauce and continue to cook for another quarter of an hour under the lid on low heat. The sauce needs to be thickened with starch.
Potato recipe
Poultry with potatoes is a hearty dish. You don’t have to think about the side dish; you can also add carrots and herbs to the dish.
Components:
- three to four sour apples;
- potato;
- duck;
- three oranges;
- three cloves of garlic;
- two large spoons of sunflower oil;
- bulb;
- greenery;
- salt and seasonings.
The process of cooking duck with oranges in the oven:
- Wash and dry the bird.
- Squeeze the garlic into a separate bowl, add salt, seasonings and sunflower oil. Rub the duck with the prepared marinade.
- Wash the apples, remove skins and seeds, cut into small pieces.
- Cut the orange into medium pieces.
- Mix the fruits and stuff them into the duck.
- Place it in a baking sleeve.
- Peel, wash and cut the potatoes. Place it around the duck in the bag.
- Heat the oven to 190 degrees. Cook the bird for two hours.
- Ten minutes before the end of cooking. open the bag to form a golden crust.
The dish is ready.
Duck in orange sauce: a simple recipe
To prepare a tasty and tender dish that literally melts in your mouth, you should take the carcass of a young bird. It should weigh about two kilograms. Gut the bird, wash it if necessary and rub it with a mixture of salt and black pepper. Separately prepare the marinade. To do this, mix honey, soy sauce and Dijon mustard (three, two and one tablespoon, respectively) with the juice of one large orange. Place the duck in a plastic bag, pour over the marinade, tie a bag and leave in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours. During this time, you should turn our package over several times so that the duck in the orange sauce is thoroughly soaked. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees. Shake the duck off the marinade, place it in the pan and bake for twenty minutes. Reduce the heat to 180 degrees. We pour the marinade and the separated fat over the bird. Bake for about another hour and twenty minutes. Using a knitting needle we check readiness.
Recipe with pear and grapefruit
This dish is distinguished by its originality and unusual taste. You can also add potatoes as a side dish.
For duck with pear and oranges you will need the following ingredients:
- three medium oranges;
- duck carcass;
- medium sized pear;
- two large spoons of white sugar;
- two lemons;
- olive oil;
- grapefruit;
- 100 milliliters of cognac;
- ginger root;
- four cloves of garlic;
- bulb;
- 50 grams of butter.
Cooking process:
- Peel the lemon and orange and cut into small pieces. Do the same with the pear.
- Also peel and chop the onion and garlic, chop the ginger on a fine grater.
- Heat the butter in a frying pan, fry the onion and garlic. Add ginger, sugar, cognac, citruses and pear. Cook for 5-7 minutes.
- Wash the bird and stuff it with the mixture.
- Grease a baking dish with oil and place the bird on it.
- Heat the oven to 190 degrees. Cook the duck for one and a half to two hours. Every half an hour, baste the dish with the fat that is released.
The dish is ready, add a side dish to it.
Marinade for duck with apples in the oven
What could be better and more spectacular than baked duck? This delicious dish will captivate all guests and delight the palate. But in order for the food to turn out the way you intended, you should prepare the marinade correctly.
Ingredients:
- salt – 2 teaspoon;
- duck – 2350 g;
- basil – 1 teaspoon;
- apple – 3 pcs.;
- black pepper – 1 teaspoon;
- orange – 1 pc.;
- paprika – 1 teaspoon;
- lemon – 0.5 pcs.;
- olive oil – 3 tbsp. spoons;
- garlic – 4 cloves.
Preparation:
- Place the cloves in a garlic press. Squeeze out. Fill with oil. Add basil, pepper, salt and paprika. Stir. Pour in the juice from the orange. Stir and leave for an hour.
- Dry the washed bird and rub with marinade. Leave for four hours.
- Chop the apples, sprinkle with lemon juice and place in the belly. Send to bake. 170 degree mode.
Cooking secrets
Before you want to stuff the duck with oranges, make sure that you thoroughly clean the bird's innards. It must be well gutted, otherwise all your further efforts will go to the bottom. The bird must also be well dried.
Don't neglect the marinating process. The longer the bird sits in the marinade mixture, the softer and more flavorful it will end up being. The optimal marinating time is 12-24 hours.
Fill the bird no more than two-thirds full with stuffing. During cooking, the components in the duck may swell and release juice. Because of this, there is a high probability that the bird will burst or splash hot fat.
It is better to use a mold with high sides, as the bird releases a lot of fat. On a flat surface, it will fill the entire baking sheet and oven.
Serve with cherry, pomegranate or cranberry sauce. Liquid honey, sesame oil and chili pepper are also suitable.