Duck Roasted in Orange-Honey Glaze

Main Dishes | Chinese cuisine

⏳ Time

2 hours 30 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Duck roasted in orange-honey glaze

Ingredients

Duck - 5 lbs
Oranges - 5 pieces
Star anise - 8 pieces
Ground coriander - 1 tablespoon
Ground clove - ½ teaspoon
Ground Cumin - ½ teaspoon
Green peppercorns - ½ tablespoon
Grated Ginger Root - 1 teaspoon
Grated Ginger Root - 0 oz
Salt - 1 tablespoon
Vegetable Oil - 2 tablespoons
Date honey - 5 oz
Onion - 10 oz
Carrot - 10 oz
Starch film - to taste
Bay leaf - 2 pieces
Garlic - 1 head
Soy Sauce - 3 tablespoons

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Place star anise, coriander, cloves, cumin, and black peppercorns in a dry skillet. Heat the spices for 2-3 minutes. Then grind them in a mortar (or blender or coffee grinder). Add the zest of five oranges, salt, ground ginger, cinnamon, and vegetable oil. Mix everything together.

Step 2

Cut the carrot into strips about 5 mm thick, and slice the onion into half-rings. Place the chopped vegetables at the bottom of the dish where the duck will be roasted. Add bay leaves and a head of garlic, cut in half lengthwise, and pour in the juice of five oranges.

Step 3

Rub the duck with the spice mixture prepared earlier, place it on top of the vegetables, and drizzle honey over it.

Step 4

Place the duck in a preheated oven at 200°C (392°F) for 60 minutes. Every ten minutes for the first 30 minutes, baste the duck with the juices that accumulate during roasting. Then turn the duck over and baste it again every 10 minutes. After that, reduce the oven temperature to 160°C (320°F) and roast the duck for another 30-40 minutes. Afterward, remove the duck, transfer it to parchment paper, wrap it in foil, and let it rest for another 20 minutes.

Step 5

Meanwhile, grate the ginger, add 3 tablespoons of soy sauce, and pour in the juices collected during the duck's roasting. Reduce the mixture by about a third. Add starch dissolved in a small amount of water to achieve a sauce-like consistency.