Duck with Spiced Fruits

⏳ Time

2 hours 20 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

The spices are truly in perfect harmony here: mandarins, apples, figs, and cranberries meet ginger, sage, mint, rosemary, thyme, and cinnamon. Serve this duck with a mellow wine and avoid pairing it with mulled wine, or it might be too much.

Ingredients

Duck - 1 piece
Mandarins - 2 pieces
Apple - ½ pieces
Ginger - 1.1 oz
Lime - ½ pieces
Garlic - 5 cloves
Onion - ½ heads
Mint - 3 stalks
Sage - 2 stalks
Rosemary - 5 stalks
Thyme - 3 stalks
Cinnamon - a pinch
Sugar - 3.5 oz
Fig - 8 pieces
Cranberry - 3.5 oz
Butter - 3.5 oz
French Baguette - 1 piece
Ground Black Pepper - to taste
Salt - to taste
Corn Salad - to taste

Step by Step guide

Step 1

In a large bowl, dice 2 unpeeled mandarins, half an apple, and 2 lime wedges. Add the mandarin leaves as well. Include 5 cloves of garlic, crushed with a knife, and the chopped half of an onion.

Step 2

Chop the sprigs of mint, sage, rosemary, and thyme, and add them to the bowl as well. Sprinkle in a pinch of cinnamon, salt, and pepper, then mix everything together well with your hands. Stuff the duck cavity tightly with the mixture. Sew the duck's belly closed using culinary thread or secure it with toothpicks.

Step 3

Line a baking tray with parchment paper, place the stuffed duck on it, and cover it with foil, pressing down the edges. Place in a preheated oven at 356°F and roast for 2 hours. 20 minutes before the cooking time is up, increase the temperature to 392°F and remove the foil from the duck.

Step 4

While the duck is roasting, prepare the sauce: melt the butter in a saucepan, add the cranberries and sugar, and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes.

Step 5

Cut the duck into small pieces and remove the meat from the bones. On pieces of baguette, place some of the vegetables that were used to stuff the bird, then top with a piece of duck and drizzle with sauce. At the top of the pyramid, place a slice of fig, secure it with a skewer, and garnish with leaves of sorrel.