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Roasted Wild Duck

Type: Poultry
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Wild duck - (4 to 5 lbs) - dressed
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlSalt
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlFreshly-ground black pepper
1 teaspoon 5mlGarlic clove - pressed (large)
1/2 cup 118mlCranberry juice cocktail
2 tablespoons 30mlLemon juice
1   Bing cherries - (16 1/2 oz)
1/2 cup 118mlBourbon
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlSalt
1/8 teaspoon 0.6mlFreshly-ground black pepper

Recipe Instructions

Rinse duck with cold water; pat dry. Rub with 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and garlic. Place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.

Combine cranberry juice cocktail and lemon juice; set aside.

Remove duck from oven; drain and discard pan drippings. Cover duck with aluminum foil. Bake 1 hour and 40 minutes or until a meat thermometer registers 190 degrees, basting with juice mixture every 20 minutes.

Remove duck from pan, and keep warm. Remove and discard fat from pan drippings. Drain cherries, reserving juice; set cherries aside. Combine juice, pan drippings, bourbon, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in cherries; cook until thoroughly heated. Serve with duck.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
C.D. Scott - Corpus Christi, TX - for Progressive Farmer Online - Downloaded from - http://www.pathfinder.com/PF

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