Duck!

@ Sin Ming Cook House / Bakery / Whatever

I have a bad habit (or so my wife tells me); I buy things to cook / eat and they end up living in the fridge/freezer for the longest amount of time.  So I had a whole duck sitting in there ‘sleeping’, then one fine day I had the inspiration to try making roast duck (my original plan was to try and make a red duck curry but well that came and went.

I Googled around and found a interesting recipe for honey orange duck, so with the intention of cooking I set about sourcing for my ingredients and low and behold Honey Orange Duck was born.

Ingredients

• 1 whole duck
• 3 whole star anise
• 1 sprig parsley
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons sherry wine
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ginger juice
• water (enough to cover duck)

Directions

1. Boil water in a large kettle
2. Place duck, anise and parsley in boiling water; cook 10 minutes
3. Remove duck from water; let cool on rack for 2 hours
4. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
5. Bake duck on rack in a roasting pan for 1 1/2 hours
6. Mix orange juice, soy sauce, honey, sherry, salt and ginger juice
7. Pour half of mixture into cavity and brush remaining mixture on duck
8. Bake 30-40 minutes more; basting every 10 minutes during the last 1/2 hour of baking
9. Transfer duck to a platter
10. Garnish with orange slices

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While the dish was absolutely yummy; 1 whole duck is always way too much for two people.  So with the left overs I made myself a sandwich for the next day.

Bon Appétit – Sidney

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