Ingredients:
Duck carcass (medium size);
4 sour apples;
2 tbsp. l. mustard beans;
1 tsp. spices for poultry;
1 tsp. salt.
Preparation:
1. First of all, let's prepare the bird carcass; to do this, remove the remaining feathers from it and wash it well. 
2. Afterwards, rub the bird with salt and spices from the inside. 
3. Rub the skin of the duck with grain mustard. 
4. Cut the fruit into slices, cut out the seeds.
5. Stuff the duck with apple slices. 
6. Now place the stuffed bird in a glass dish and put it in the oven for 2-2.2 hours, temperature 220 °C. During the baking process, periodically baste the carcass with the released fat. 
7. Leave the finished duck in the switched off oven for 15 minutes, then transfer it to a dish and serve.
Advice!
If the duck is large or too fatty, then you will have to bake it for a very long time. Therefore, we put the carcass in a large pan, fill it with water and boil for 15-20 minutes. And then we stuff it and bake it.
New Year's duck in the oven
Duck baked in the oven for New Year is the best dish for the holiday table. The aroma of the finished dish will immediately gather all the guests at the table. During the baking process, the bird releases a lot of fat, so along with the duck in the duckling pot, you can immediately prepare a side dish of both fruits and vegetables.
Ingredients:
Duck;
1-2 apples;
7 potato tubers;
2 tsp. honey;
2 tsp. rosemary;
2 tsp. seasonings for potatoes;
1 tsp. cayenne pepper;
salt and pepper to taste.
Preparation:
1. Cut off the neck and wing flaps from the carcass, as well as excess fat, just don’t throw it away, but chop it finely and put it aside for now. 
2. Mix salt and pepper and rub the resulting mixture onto the carcass inside and out. 
3. Cut the peeled potatoes into 4 parts. 
4. Cut apples into slices.
5. Place potatoes and fruit in a bowl, add duck fat to them and mix. 
6. Also add salt and spices and mix everything again.
7. Lubricate the top of the duck with honey.
8. Place half of the apples and potatoes inside the carcass, and chop off the belly with toothpicks.
9. Place the duck belly on top in the duckling pan. 
10. Place the remaining fruits and potatoes on top. Place in the oven for 1.5 hours, pour fat over the carcass during baking. 
11. Place the baked duck on a dish, remove the toothpicks from the belly, place the potatoes and apples next to it, and serve the dish.
On a note!
Domestic duck has a not very pleasant aroma. This does not mean that the bird is bad, it is just a feature of such game. And in order to prepare a tasty and aromatic dish, it is better to marinate the carcass first.
How to roast a whole duck
Baking a whole duck in the oven for New Year is quite simple. The proposed recipe will tell you how to cook poultry with fruits and vegetables so that the meat turns out tasty, tender and aromatic.
Ingredients:
Duck;
3 tsp. salt;
1-2 tsp. pepper;
3 apples;
½ lemon (orange);
5 potato tubers;
50 ml vegetable oil;
carrots to taste;
shallots to taste.
Preparation:
1. For baking, choose a medium-sized carcass; it is advisable that the duck be young without a thick layer of fat. Fatty meat is more suitable for making stew. First, let's examine the bird, if there are feathers, then remove it. We also wash the carcass well inside and out. 
2. When roasting a duck, you can give off an unpleasant odor, but it’s easy to get rid of it; to do this, we cut out the tail part along with the glands, they are the ones that spoil the taste and aroma of the finished dish. 
3. Now put the carcass in a container, take salt and a mixture of peppers, and thoroughly rub the bird. Cover with film and refrigerate for 2 hours, and if possible, overnight.
4. Cut the potatoes into slices, cut the carrots and shallots into random pieces. 
5. Place the vegetables in a baking dish, pour oil over them, salt them and place the duck on top, in the belly of which we place lemon or orange slices; citrus fruits will add aroma and better taste. Cover the bird with foil and place it in the oven for 40 minutes at 220°C. Then remove the foil, lower the heat to 180 °C and cook the duck for another 20-30 minutes. 
6. During the baking process, the carcass should be basted with rendered fat, this will give the bird a beautiful ruddy color. 
7. Place the finished duck on a dish along with a side dish and serve.
Advice!
To make the crust beautiful, golden brown and crispy, take a few tablespoons of fat, 1 tbsp. l. honey and 2 tbsp. l. soy sauce. Mix and grease the carcass with the resulting mixture 10 minutes before cooking.
Duck with apples in the oven
For the New Year, you can deliciously bake a duck in the oven. This dish will be a real decoration for any holiday table. Cooking such meat is not so difficult, you just need to prepare the carcass, make the sauce and stuff it. You can use both fruits and vegetables for the filling.
Ingredients:
Duck;
2-3 apples;
mayonnaise;
5 cloves of garlic;
seasonings for poultry to taste;
salt to taste.
Preparation:
1. Remove all small feathers, if any, from the bird carcass and wash it well. Pass the garlic cloves through a fine grater or press.
2. Add garlic to mayonnaise and stir. 
3. Also add seasonings to taste and mix everything again.
4. Cut the peeled and seeded apples into slices. Add 1-2 tbsp to the fruit. spoons of sauce and mix. 
5. Coat the inside of the carcass with sauce. 
6. Afterwards we put the apples inside, sew up the belly or simply chop it off with toothpicks. 
7. Now we also coat the outside of the duck with sauce and place it on a baking sheet. 
8. Bake the bird for 1.5-2 hours, temperature 180 °C, do not forget to baste the carcass with fat.
Advice!
The duck needs to be filled about two-thirds with the filling; if you stuff it too tightly, it will simply burst during baking.
Duck with tangerines in the oven
Today there are different options for how to cook duck for the New Year. So, the bird can be baked in the oven with tangerines. The result is a tasty, aromatic and impressive dish.
Ingredients:
Duck;
2-3 tangerines;
3 cloves of garlic;
1-2 tsp. grated ginger;
50 ml soy sauce;
50 ml vorche sauce;
2 tsp. salt;
1 tbsp. l. honey;
1 tsp. pepper mixture;
potatoes for garnish.
Preparation:
1. Prepare the carcass for baking. If there are remnants of feathers or growths, then we remove everything. You can also cut off the wings, as they burn heavily when baked.
2. There are layers of fat on the abdomen; they can also be cut off or left if the duck is not very fatty. 
3. But what we definitely cut out are the sebaceous glands located in the tail part, as they emit an unpleasant odor and give the meat an off-flavor.
4. Squeeze the juice from tangerines into a bowl, add soy and vorc sauce to the nectar, and also add grated ginger, salt and squeeze out the garlic. Add honey, add pepper mixture, mix. 
5. Coat the carcass with the resulting marinade inside and out, cover with film and leave in a cool place for at least 3 hours. During the marinating process, brush the carcass with marinade several times. 
6. Place a sheet of foil on a baking sheet, place the duck on the paper, stuff it with tangerines, which can be replaced with oranges or apples.
7. Wrap the stuffed bird in foil and into the oven, temperature 200 °C. The baking time depends on the weight of the carcass, so for 1 kg of meat it will take 1 hour. 
8. You can serve potatoes as a side dish; for this, cut the tubers into slices and mix with the marinade. Remove the duck from the oven, place the potatoes around the carcass, cover with foil again and bake for 30-40 minutes.
9. Then we take out the bird again, drain a little fat from it, mix it with honey and grease the duck with the mixture. We continue to bake until a crust appears, but without foil and at a temperature of 170 °C. 
10. Serve the baked duck with potatoes on a wide platter.
Advice!
Honey for the marinade can be replaced with apricot, lemon or orange jam.
Duck baked in the oven with mustard and honey
Baked duck with honey and mustard is another option for preparing a delicious New Year's dish. According to the proposed recipe, the meat is crispy, tender and tasty.
Ingredients:
1.5 kg duck;
2 tbsp. l. liquid honey;
3 tbsp. l. mustard;
black pepper and salt to taste;
3 cloves of garlic;
a small piece of ginger.
Preparation:
1. Wash the duck well, dry it and make punctures throughout the whole carcass. Mix honey with mustard and rub the resulting mixture onto the duck. Then rub chopped garlic and grated ginger into the carcass. We salt and pepper not only outside, but also inside. Place the duck in a baking bag and put it in the oven for 60-90 minutes, temperature 200 °C.
2. After we take out the bird, cut the bag and transfer the duck to a beautiful dish. If desired, it can be baked with oranges or apples.
Advice!
We do not rush to serve the finished duck immediately; after baking, it should rest for 15-20 minutes so that all the juices are evenly distributed inside.
Duck with oranges and pumpkin
Many housewives traditionally bake duck in the oven with apples, but some know how to prepare a more original dish for the New Year. This is baked duck with pumpkin, which gives the meat a sweetish note of flavor, and with oranges.
Ingredients:
Duck;
250 g pumpkin;
2 oranges;
100 ml mayonnaise;
salt and pepper mixture to taste.
Preparation:
1. Add salt and a mixture of peppers to the mayonnaise and stir. 
2. Cut the peeled pumpkin into cubes of about 3 cm, peel the oranges and cut the citrus into pieces the same size as the pumpkin. 
3. Stuff the prepared bird carcass with pumpkin and oranges. 
4. Coat the stuffed duck with mayonnaise and leave to marinate for 1 hour. 
5. Then we wrap the carcass in foil or put it in a sleeve. 
6. Place in a preheated oven and bake until done.
Note!
Homemade duck is baked for at least 1.5 hours, store-bought duck is baked for about an hour. On average, 1 kg of carcass requires 50 minutes of baking plus 15 minutes for browning the crust.
Duck with sauerkraut
Among all the ways to bake duck in the oven for the New Year, it is also worth highlighting the recipe with sauerkraut. The sour vegetable is soaked in duck fat and makes the taste of the dish harmonious. And if you are interested in this version of New Year’s duck, then we will tell you how to cook it correctly.
Ingredients:
Duck;
2 tbsp. l. soy sauce;
2 tbsp. l. liquid honey;
1 tbsp. l. mustard;
150 g sauerkraut;
2 green apples;
50 g raisins;
5 juniper berries;
5 red apples;
head of garlic;
salt and pepper to taste.
For the sauce:
100 g frozen cranberries;
100 ml meat broth;
salt to taste;
2 pinches of dried rosemary;
2 tsp. Sahara.
Preparation:
1. Take a bird carcass weighing 2.5 kg. Pour 5 liters of water into the pan, add 3 tbsp. l. salt, stir and add the duck, leave for 2 hours.
2. In a bowl, mix soy with mustard, honey and pepper. Afterwards we grease the carcass with marinade inside and out. 
3. For the filling, squeeze out the excess liquid from the sauerkraut, add green apples and juniper berries cut into slices to the vegetable, mix. 
4. Stuff the duck with the filling, fasten the belly with toothpicks, place it in a cooking sleeve, make several punctures in the bag in different places and put it in the oven, temperature 180 °C. 
5. After 1 hour 15 minutes, cut the bag, place red apples around the bird, prick them with a toothpick and place a head of garlic cut in half. Bake the duck for another 1 hour, periodically basting it with fat.
6. For the sauce, grind the cranberries in a blender, transfer them to a saucepan, pour in the fat released during baking, add sugar, rosemary and salt. Boil the sauce for 10 minutes. 
7. Place the finished duck on a dish, arrange apples and garlic around it, and serve with sauce.
On a note!
Not only cranberry sauce is ideal for baked duck, but also orange, pomegranate or cherry. You can also borrow a sauce recipe from Chinese chefs, which contains sesame oil, nut paste, chili, garlic, honey and soy sauce.
Delicious duck stuffed with apples and prunes
You can cook baked duck in the oven for the New Year with different fillings. So, many housewives note that it turns out very tasty with prunes and apples. Duck meat soaked in the aromas of fresh fruits and dried fruits is aromatic and juicy.
Ingredients:
Duck;
3 apples;
a handful of prunes;
salt, pepper, cumin to taste;
lemon juice.
Preparation:
1. Salt and pepper the prepared duck carcass both outside and inside.
2. Cut the seeded apples into slices and cut the prunes into small pieces.
3. Mix dried fruits with apples and stuff the duck, sew up the belly with thread.
4. Now sprinkle the carcass with thyme, flavor with citrus juice, put in a mold and in the oven for 1.5 hours, temperature 190 °C.
This is how you can quickly and easily bake a duck in the oven for the New Year, and how to cook it correctly, as well as all the details of the recipe, can be seen in the video.
As it turns out, cooking a duck in the oven for the New Year is not so difficult, the main thing is to choose a young bird. It is worth noting that when roasting, duck produces a lot of fat, and this is a real treasure. It can be used to prepare aromatic stew, deliciously fry potatoes or bake vegetables on it, it goes well with buckwheat, rice and millet. So you shouldn’t get rid of such a valuable product.
Greetings to all readers and subscribers of my blog. Today I prepared in advance a selection of recipes for delicious dishes that I want to see on the New Year's table. The queen of my table will be a bird. Duck for the New Year is an undisputed favorite in our family. Although the exquisite taste of the dish is perfect for Christmas and birthdays - for any celebration. The recipes are quite simple to follow, but also contain some “tricks”.
First you need to choose the right carcass. The optimal weight of a bird is about 2 kg; the younger it is, the less it weighs and the more tender the meat will be. You can determine the age of a carcass by the density of the bones: young birds have “soft” bones. Before starting work, the bird must be thoroughly washed, the tail and remaining feathers must be mercilessly removed.
How long will it take to prepare? Baking 1 kg of poultry in the oven takes about an hour, the final browning to form a crust will take an additional 20-25 minutes.
Thus, if a carcass weighs 2.5 kg, it will take about 2.5 hours to cook. To turn the dish into a real delicacy, I recommend preparing an interesting sauce for duck meat. Believe me, it turns out much tastier!
This is a classic version of the dish, proven over generations. The meat turns out juicy and appetizing, with pleasant fruity notes. To accentuate the taste, rosemary, thyme or basil are useful. Sour sauces based on cranberries, lingonberries or citrus fruits are perfect for the finished dish. How to cook them, I...
You will need:
- poultry carcass (about 2 kg);
- 3 apples (preferably Antonovka);
- 2 oranges;
- 3-5 tbsp. salts (sea, coarse);
- spices - to taste.
How to cook:
1. Rinse the bird, remove any remaining feathers and tail. Pat the carcass dry with paper towels to remove water. Rub salt and spices inside and out.
2. Wash the fruits and cut them into large pieces. First remove the core from the apples. Do not remove the peel from the orange.
3. Stuff the duck's belly tightly with slices of fruit, alternating them. Sew up the belly with thread.
4. Place the carcass in a baking sleeve, tie the edges of the sleeve. Make several punctures with a wooden skewer.
5. Bake in the oven (it must be preheated) at 180° for 1.5 hours.
6. 5 minutes before cooking, cut the sleeve and pour the rendered fat over the duck. Place the dish in the oven for another 5-7 minutes.
Remove the threads from the finished carcass and take out the pieces of fruit. Slice the meat and serve with the sauce.
I also like to cook poultry with apples and honey up my sleeve. How to do it, . And write your reviews :)
Duck for New Year with sauerkraut in the oven
An interesting variation on the traditional recipe can be achieved by using different vegetables. Stewed sauerkraut and potatoes soaked in duck fat, tender juicy meat - this dish is simply irresistible! The dish will appeal to both supporters of culinary experiments and adherents of classic cuisine.
Prepare the ingredients:
- duck carcass;
- 1 kg of sauerkraut;
- 100 g prunes;
- 2 pcs. onions;
- 6-7 pcs. potatoes;
- 3-4 slices of bacon;
- Bay leaf;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Cooking steps with photos:
1. Wash the duck thoroughly and dry with paper towels. Place in a container with the back facing up and place in the refrigerator overnight.
2. Peel the potatoes and cut into thick slices.
3. Cut the onion into half rings and the bacon into large cubes.
4. Preheat the oven to 200°. Take a deep baking dish and place a layer of bacon on the bottom.
5. Divide the bottom of the mold into 2 parts. Place potatoes on top of bacon on one half. On the other - sauerkraut and prunes on top of it. Sprinkle the entire vegetable layer with onions.
6. Rub the bird with salt and pepper and place a bay leaf in the belly.
7. Pierce the skin with a fork in several places. This is necessary so that the juice flows freely.
8. Place the carcass on the vegetables, breast side down, and place in the oven for baking.
9. After 30 min. Gently stir the vegetables with a spatula.
If the fat has not yet begun to render, carefully pour a third of a glass of water into the mold.
10. When the duck is browned on top, turn it over. After this, bake for about 40 minutes.
Check the bird's readiness by piercing the carcass with a wooden skewer - clear juice should flow. Before serving, serve the dish with fresh herbs.
With prunes, poultry meat turns out incredibly aromatic, with a pleasant sourness. How else can you bake duck deliciously with this dried fruit?
How to cook a festive duck in your sleeve so that it melts in your mouth?
To make the bird juicy, it is better to take sour varieties of apples. The sleeve baking technique also improves the texture of the finished meat. Try a simple and easy recipe from the chef to create a delicious holiday dish.
Ingredients:
- poultry carcass (about 2 kg);
- 2-3 pcs. sour apples;
- 500 g potatoes;
- 2 tbsp. soy sauce;
- 2 tsp salt;
- 1 tsp pepper or a mixture of peppers;
- 1 tsp honey;
- dried garlic, dried mushrooms - to taste (optional).
How to cook:
1. Remove the feathers, tail and wash the bird carcass. Dry the skin with paper towels.
2. Rub the carcass with salt and spices, leave for 2-3 hours so that it has time to marinate.
3. Soak dried mushrooms in water for a couple of hours.
4. Cut the apples into slices and stuff the bird's belly with them. Secure the belly with toothpicks.
5. Peel the potatoes, cut into small slices, add salt, pepper and soaked mushrooms.
6. Place the duck and potatoes in a roasting bag and bake in a preheated oven at 180°. 1 kg of meat takes approximately 1 hour to cook.
7. Mix honey and soy sauce. And in 20 minutes. Before the end of cooking, cut the sleeve and brush the bird with sauce.
The finished dish can be decorated with fresh herbs and slices of fresh tomatoes.
Have you tried stuffing a bird with rice? And you don't have to cook a side dish. Step-by-step recipes I. I recommend trying it!
New Year's duck like Yulia Konchalovskaya's in the "Eating at Home" program
If you want to intensively engage in cooking and prepare something truly unusual, a video recipe from Yulia Vysotskaya will help. Combine spices and herbs, master the technology of soaking poultry in beer - and enjoy the magnificent result of your labors! I definitely want to try making this dish.
I hope today’s selection of recipes was useful for you, my dear readers. What will you cook for the New Year? Share your best recipes and check out the blog more often. And I say goodbye to you: bye-bye!
One of the most festive dishes in our opinion is stuffed duck. It is most often prepared in the oven, although there are recipes that involve stewing - it is not for nothing that there is even a special dish for this, called a duck pot. There are countless options for filling, from the simplest (some kind of porridge) to quite exotic (for example, chopped turkey with fruit). We will look at some of the options in this article.
General rules
In order not to describe the same culinary steps from recipe to recipe, we will list in a separate chapter those that are necessarily present when preparing stuffed duck.
Duck with apples
The combination of poultry meat with apples is one of the most favorite among chefs from all over the world. This is explained primarily by the ability of apples to absorb excess fat, and their juice softens the bland poultry breasts. Fruits should be chosen green, slightly sour, or at least sweet and sour. Antonovka is considered the ideal option. Seven medium-sized apples are enough for a carcass weighing one and a half kilograms. The fruits are washed, removed from the seeds (it’s up to you to decide whether to peel them, but it’s better to leave them so that the apples don’t boil down to puree) and cut into slices. In the manner described above, the carcass is prepared and stuffed, its back is placed on a sheet into which half a glass of water is poured, and the duck stuffed with apples is placed in the oven for an hour and a half to two hours. When serving, the fruit is removed with a spoon and placed around the bird.
Various fillings
If pure apple stuffed duck is “boring” for you, the recipe can be supplemented with other fruits. For example, to four apples add a couple of oranges, a handful of disassembled walnut kernels and some pitted prunes. To prevent it from becoming too sweet, the inside of the carcass is additionally rubbed with garlic. All filling components are mixed before stuffing. You can also place apple slices around the carcass. This stuffed duck also lasts about two hours in the oven. At the very end, in addition to the standard pouring of the released juice over the carcass, you should also sprinkle the bird with orange juice - this will make it more flavorful.
Buckwheat recipe
Duck stuffed with buckwheat is very popular among gourmets. The easiest option is to cook porridge and stuff it into your belly. However, this is not very interesting. Since you are already preparing a holiday dish, splurge on duck stomach, liver, heart (if you don’t like something from the list, buy only what you are not against). Next, a glass of buckwheat is boiled, and the chopped offal is fried with onion half rings in vegetable oil. The porridge is mixed with the roast and placed into the prepared carcass. Before putting it in the oven, lemon juice is poured on top. When your stuffed duck has baked for about an hour, pour a glass of wine over it and leave for another half hour. By the way, the bird prepared according to this recipe is placed on the table whole.
Duck with minced meat
Let's move on to more intricate recipes. It will turn out a little expensive, but very tasty. Mix veal and pork mince (three hundred grams each), you can also add a little lightly fried poultry liver. Three eggs are driven into the filling, a finely chopped onion is added, everything is mixed, salted and peppered. The bird, in addition to standard processing, must be deboned; however, this process is quite labor-intensive, so our chefs advise simply breaking the ribs. This stuffed duck will sit in the oven for an hour at 190 degrees; then the temperature drops to 170, the bird is poured with a glass of wine and left for at least another hour. Since it has raw meat inside, albeit in the form of minced meat, it takes much longer to cook than other recipes.
Potato
This filling is prepared in several stages, but a duck stuffed with it will become the best dish on your table. About five large potatoes are taken (for a two-kilogram carcass) and boiled until halfway, cut into large pieces. The onion is crushed and sautéed in vegetable oil; As soon as it turns golden, chopped mushrooms (any kind, 400 grams) are added to it, and the vegetables are fried together for about five minutes. The prepared poultry is additionally greased from the inside with sour cream, the potatoes are mixed with mushrooms and used as a filling. The carcass is baked for 1.5-2 hours; You need to water it alternately with the released juice and red wine.
What else can you stuff a duck with?
Having understood the basic principles of preparing such a dish, you can use your imagination. The bird can be stuffed with a variety of fruits - in this case, care must be taken to ensure that it does not turn out too sweet (an example is given in the recipe with prunes). You can add almost any vegetables - then they must be selected in such a way that they cook for approximately the same time, otherwise some will remain half-raw, while others will turn into porridge. Cereal fillings can also be made from rice or pearl barley. It is better to combine them with some additions - mushrooms or at least fried carrots and onions. There are virtuosos who stuff duck with pancakes. In general, don't be shy, experiment!
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Duck with apples is a traditional Christmas and New Year's dish, hearty and very healthy. Her presence on the festive table means peace, prosperity and family well-being.
website I have prepared several secrets with which the duck is guaranteed to turn out tasty and appetizing.
Secret 1: Proper defrosting
To prepare a classic duck with apples, a bird weighing 2–2.3 kilograms is best suited - it has a lot of meat and is not too fatty. It is optimal if you managed to buy a chilled carcass - there will be no problems with it. But frozen duck is also perfect, the main thing is to defrost it correctly.
To do this, move it from the freezer to the refrigerator for several hours, and then continue defrosting at room temperature until completely thawed. It is better not to use cold water or a microwave for defrosting, otherwise the meat will lose its taste and become dry and tough.
Secret 2: Proper processing
As a rule, ducks are sold in supermarkets and markets already completely plucked. But upon closer inspection, you can see remaining hairs and feather stumps that need to be removed. To do this, you need to hold the bird over the burner on, and then pluck out the stumps with any suitable tweezers.
If you bought a duck with giblets, be sure to remove them. Also cut out the coccygeal glands from the tail (duck tail), which give the dish an unpleasant specific taste. Before baking, cut off the outer phalanges of the wings and turn them from the breast to the back - this way the edges of the wings will not burn, and the bird itself will look neat and aesthetically pleasing.
Secret 3: The right spices
Duck meat has a rather specific taste. To compensate for this small drawback, marinate the carcass or rub it with spices. Wine, apple cider vinegar, lemon, pomegranate or orange juice are excellent marinades.
Spices that go best with duck meat include ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, star anise, oregano and all types of pepper. Mix a small amount of spices in a mortar, grind together with salt and let sit for a while so that the flavors and aromas combine. And only after that, evenly rub the resulting mixture onto the duck inside and out.
Secret 4: Perfect filling
Late domestic varieties of apples are best suited for stuffing the Christmas duck - they are quite firm and are perfectly preserved until the New Year holidays. An important nuance: choose apples with noticeable sourness - they will not only give the meat a special taste and aroma, but also, thanks to the acid they contain, will help break down subcutaneous fat.
To prevent the apples from darkening, sprinkle them with lemon juice, and to give them an original taste and a special Christmas aroma, sprinkle with salt and cinnamon.
Secret 5: Masterly stuffing
Do not stuff the bird to the brim with stuffing so that the duck skin does not burst during the stuffing process. After stuffing is completed, sew the carcass up with coarse thread using stitches over the edge or pin the skin with toothpicks - it’s faster and easier.
You can use more than just apples to stuff the Christmas duck. You can add raisins, pears, dried apricots, tangerine slices or cinnamon to them.
Secret 6: And be patient
A duck weighing 2.5 kilograms should be cooked for approximately 2.5–3 hours. In this case, every half hour you need to open the oven and pour the released juice and fat over the bird. But in any case, you need to periodically check the readiness of the duck so that it does not become too dry. This is very simple to do: pierce the carcass with a knife in the thickest place - if the juice that comes out is clear, then the duck is ready.
If you want your Christmas duck to not be too fatty, place it on a bed of apples or rice when baking - they will absorb most of the rendered fat. Naturally, you shouldn’t use a “pillow” as a side dish.
Baked duck is distinguished by its exquisite taste, so it is perfect for preparing a dish for the New Year. To prepare a real culinary masterpiece, you need to choose a duck with light and uniform skin, as well as choose a recipe (with photo) and prepare a delicious festive dish step by step.
New Year's duck with potatoes
Roasted duck in the oven is perfect. The recipe (with photo) for preparing such a treat does not involve any particular difficulties. The only thing is that it is better to bake the duck in a sleeve or foil, so its meat will be tender and soft in taste.
Ingredients:
- duck (weighing 2.5 kg);
- 500 g potatoes;
- 6-7 cloves of garlic;
- 1 apple;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of hot mustard;
- 1 teaspoon of Provençal herbs;
- 1 tbsp. spoon of granulated garlic;
- half a lemon;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of soy sauce;
- 1 tbsp. spoon of honey;
- salt and pepper to taste.
Preparation:
- First of all, prepare the carcass for baking; to do this, trim off excess fat, neck and, if desired, wings.
- Rinse the duck well, dry it and rub it with the prepared mixture of granulated garlic, salt and pepper.
- Then we coat the carcass with mustard, pour over citrus juice and place the duck in any container, cover and marinate in a cool place for several hours, or better yet, for a day.
- For the filling, cut the potatoes into slices, chop a few cloves of garlic, salt and pepper the ingredients, sprinkle with herbs, pour in a spoonful of oil and mix.
- We place the filling inside the marinated carcass, secure the hole with threads and place the duck in a baking sleeve.
- Bake the duck for two hours (temperature 180°C).
- After the time has passed, cut the sleeve and pour the mixture of honey and soy onto the duck, raise the heat to 220°C and brown the carcass for 10 minutes.
- We give the finished dish time to rest in the oven, then take it out and serve it with herbs, vegetables and fruits.
Duck with prunes for New Year 2019
Duck for New Year 2019 is tasty, appetizing and festive. Today there are different recipes (with photos) for its preparation, but one of the best options is baked duck with prunes.
Despite the fact that the meat of such a bird is fatty and a little tough, during baking with dried fruits it becomes soft and has a unique taste.
Ingredients:
- duck;
- 2 apples
- lemon;
- a handful of prunes;
- cumin, pepper, salt to taste.
Preparation:
- We prepare the carcass for baking, clean it, remove all the entrails, be sure to cut off excess fat and tail, they are the ones that give off that smell that scares off many housewives from cooking duck.
- Pour the prunes into hot water and leave for 15 minutes.
- Cut the apples into slices, divide the lemon into halves, leave one for juice, and cut the second into slices.
- Squeeze citrus juice into the belly of the carcass, season with salt and pepper and fill the duck with apples, dried plums and lemon, and sew up the belly.
- We also season the surface of the duck with citrus nectar, sprinkle with salt, pepper and cumin.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake for two hours (temperature 200°C). Every 25 minutes, it is better to water the carcass with the released juice so that the duck does not turn out dry, but can maintain its juiciness.
- We take out the finished duck, place it on a dish, decorate and serve.
Duck pieces in the sleeve: recipes
Duck in the sleeve is a good choice of dish on. Thanks to a simple heat-resistant film, the duck simmers in its own juices, which is why its meat tastes so tender, juicy and tasty.
Duck pieces with dried fruits
This version of the dish is sure to please both meat lovers and the most sophisticated gourmets. By using dried fruits, the meat is aromatic and has interesting flavor notes.
Ingredients:
- duck legs (weighing 1.5 kg);
- lemon;
- head of garlic;
- 10 prunes;
- 5-7 olives;
- 4 sprigs of rosemary;
- bulb;
- seasonings to taste.
Preparation:
- In order for the duck legs to come out golden and not boiled, you should first fry them in a regular frying pan with the addition of oil and spices.
- Now put lemon slices and dried plums, olives directly into the frying pan with the meat, lay out the rosemary sprigs, sprinkle with spices, cover and marinate.
- Afterwards, place the contents of the frying pan together with the onions into a cooking sleeve, pour in a little water, fix the edges and send the dish to the oven for 50 minutes (temperature 175°C).
- We take the finished dish out of the bag and serve it to the table.
Duck pieces in the oven with potatoes
In the sleeve, the duck can also be baked in pieces along with potatoes. The dish turns out very tasty and satisfying. Many housewives are worried that the meat of such a bird may turn out tough. To avoid all the worries, you can first boil the duck, and only then bake it with a side dish, the taste of the duck meat will not be affected.
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Ingredients:
- duck;
- 10 potato tubers;
- 2 onions;
- 250 ml mayonnaise;
- spices to taste.
Preparation:
- Cut the duck carcass prepared for baking into pieces, add salt, pepper, season with spices and generously grease with mayonnaise.
- Cut the potatoes into cubes, chop the onion into quarters. Mix the vegetables, add salt and pepper.
- Place potatoes and onions in the sleeve, place duck pieces in mayonnaise on top, leave for 30 minutes.
- Then we tie the sleeve and put it in the oven for an hour (temperature 170°C). Afterwards, cut the bag and cook the dish for another 15 minutes.
Duck legs “Duchess”
If you don’t have a baking sleeve at home, but have foil, then it can also be used to bake duck meat. For example, you can take a recipe (with photo) for duck with pears and step by step prepare a fragrant and delicious-tasting holiday dish.
Ingredients:
- duck legs;
- 3 pears;
- 3 sprigs of rosemary (1 tbsp dry);
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar;
- pepper and salt to taste.
Preparation:
- Trim the fat from the duck legs, wash them well, dry them, rub them with salt and pepper and leave for 40 minutes.
- Divide the pears in half, remove the core and seeds.
- Place the duck legs in the pan and sprinkle them with fresh or dry rosemary leaves.
- Place the pears on top, cut side down, sprinkle the fruit with cane sugar, cover the pan with the contents with foil and put in the oven for 2 hours (temperature 180°C).
Whole duck in the oven
Today, the most famous chefs offer their best baked duck recipes. One of these options is honey-crusted duck, which will become the most delicious, refined and festive dish for the New Year.
Ingredients :
- duck (weighing 1.2 kg);
- 20 g rhubarb;
- 20 g plums;
- 4 apples;
- bulb;
- 30 g salad mix;
- 30 ml wine vinegar (white);
- 30 ml honey;
- 25 g horseradish;
- 25 g mustard;
- 20 g butter;
- lemon, orange;
- sun-dried tomatoes;
- cardamom;
- bread for toasting;
- salt.
Preparation:
- Salt the duck carcass, pepper the outside and inside, and set aside for now.
- Place chopped plum, apple, onion and rhubarb in a bowl. Also add cardamom, orange slices, sun-dried tomatoes and bread cut into squares to the ingredients, mix the ingredients.
- Stuff the duck with the resulting filling and place it on a foil-lined baking sheet, breast side down, and place in the oven for an hour (temperature 180°C).
- For the sauce, pour wine vinegar into a frying pan, add mustard, horseradish and butter, heat the ingredients until thickened.
- After the time has passed, we take out the duck, make cuts on it and pour sauce on it, return the carcass to the oven for another half hour (temperature 200°C).
- On a large plate we lay out the salad mix, put bread slices on top and lay out the duck, decorate with citruses, plums, apples and serve.
Duck marinades: 5 best recipes
They say that the recipe for duck marinade came from China, because it was in this country that baked duck was served at the imperial table. Today, such a dish is prepared in every family around the world, but many housewives are interested in the recipe for marinade for duck meat, because thanks to it the dish turns out to be exquisite and piquant in taste.
Traditional marinade recipe
This marinade recipe is traditionally used in Asian cuisine. Initially, its main components were sugar and vinegar, which killed the unpleasant odor of the duck and made its meat softer. Afterwards, the cooks began to experiment with the ingredients and add other spices.
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp. spoons of granulated sugar;
- 1.5 tbsp. table spoon;
- 1 tbsp. spoon of soy sauce;
- 1 tbsp. spoon of tomato paste;
- 3 tbsp. spoons of lemon juice;
- 1 teaspoon corn flour;
- 4 tbsp. spoons of water.
Preparation:
- Pour citrus juice, soy, vinegar into a saucepan, add granulated sugar and add tomato paste, stir everything thoroughly.
- We dilute the flour with water and pour the resulting mixture into a saucepan.
- Put the marinade on the fire, bring to a boil, cool and marinate the duck in it.
Marinade for duck with honey and mustard
Using a honey-based marinade, you can bake duck with a delicious crispy crust.
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp. spoons of mustard;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of honey;
- glass of water;
- salt and pepper to taste.
Preparation:
- Mix honey and mustard in a container.
- First rub the duck carcass with salt and pepper, then coat it with the prepared marinade. To better soak the meat, you can make small punctures under the skin.
- Place the carcass on a greased baking sheet, add water and bake for an hour.
Duck in orange marinade
The sweet and sour taste of this marinade goes well with duck meat. This recipe for citrus sauce will allow you to prepare a real culinary masterpiece for the New Year.
Ingredients:
- 2 oranges;
- 1 tbsp. spoon of grain mustard;
- 3 tbsp. spoons of honey;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of soy sauce;
- spices to taste.
Preparation:
- Rub the duck carcass with spices.
- Squeeze the juice from two oranges into a bowl, add soy, liquid honey and mustard, mix everything thoroughly until smooth.
- Pour the resulting marinade over the duck, wrap it in a plastic bag and leave overnight.
- Before putting the duck in the oven, we make punctures in several places.
- First, bake at high temperatures for 30 minutes, then pour in the remaining marinade, reduce the heat and continue baking the duck until done.
Recipe for marinade for duck with apples
Quite often, duck is baked with fruit; this cooking recipe has its own special marinade.
Ingredients:
- lemon;
- 2-3 cloves of garlic;
- 1 tbsp. spoon of honey;
- 1 tbsp. spoon of butter;
- 1 teaspoon of vinegar.
Preparation:
- We extract the juice from the lemon, mix it with butter, honey and pressed slices of the spicy vegetable.
- Rub the carcass with spices and coat with marinade.
- Bake the duck with apples for 1.5 -2 hours. If you want to get a dish with a golden brown crust, pour the remaining marinade at the end of cooking.
Marinade for duck breasts
Many housewives like duck breasts, they cook quickly, they can be served as a main dish with any side dish or used for delicious and original salads.
Ingredients:
- 3 tbsp. spoons of soy sauce;
- 1 tbsp. lodges of honey;
- 1 tbsp. spoons of oregano;
- 1 teaspoon mustard.
Preparation:
- Rub the breasts with mustard and soy seasoning, marinate the meat for two hours.
- Then cut the skin, place it on a baking sheet and bake for an hour.
- You don't need to be a professional cook to cook duck for the holiday table.
It’s enough to study all the recipes in detail, choose the appropriate option, and then the New Year’s Eve will leave behind only pleasant memories.
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