Roast Duck A Lorange With Dirty Rice Recipes

DUCK A L'ORANGE

Steps:

• For the gastrique sauce: Combine the orange juice, sugar, garlic, orange liqueur, ginger and 2 cups of the vinegar in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook until the mixture reduces by half, about 20 minutes. Remove 1 cup of the reduction and set aside for the candied kumquats.
• Strain the remainder of the reduction left in the saucepan and transfer to a large high-sided saute pan. Cook over high heat until reduced by half again, about 15 minutes. Make small slits in the habanero with a paring knife, add it to the reduction and let cook for 5 minutes more. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons vinegar and cook for 1 minute. Whisk in the butter and cook until it melts. Add the parsley, chives, peppercorns and thyme and season with salt and pepper.
• For the duck confit: Whisk together the cinnamon, chile powders, cumin, coriander, ginger, sugar, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, allspice, cloves, fennel seed, cayenne, chile de arbol and 2 tablespoons of the black pepper in a small bowl and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large nonstick pan over medium heat, add the bacon and cook until lightly golden brown on both sides and the fat has rendered, about 10 minutes. Remove the bacon to a plate lined with paper towels.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and place a baking rack on a rimmed baking sheet.
• Season the duck legs with salt, pepper and some of the spice rub. Store any remaining spice rub in an airtight container for a later use. Place the legs fat-side down in the baking drippings in the nonstick pan. Cook slowly over medium heat until the skin is very crisp, about 10 minutes. Turn them over and cook until the other side is crisp, 10 minutes more. Transfer the prepared baking sheet and keep warm in theoven until ready to serve.
• For the duck breasts: Season the duck breasts on both sides with salt and pepper and place skin-side down in a cast iron pan. Cook slowly over medium heat, draining the rendered fat from the pan a few times, until the skin is very crisp, about 25 minutes. Turn the breasts over and continue cooking to medium and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center registers 140 degrees F. Remove to a cutting board and let rest for 10 minutes before slicing crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• For the candied kumquats: Bring the reserved 1 cup gastrique to a boil in a small saucepan, reduce the heat to low, add the kumquarts and cook until soft and candied, about 20 minutes.
• For the cranberry relish: Combine the orange juice and honey in a small saute pan, bring to a boil and cook until reduced by a quarter, about 3 minutes. Add the cranberries and cook until they pop and the mixture thickens slightly, about 10 minutes more. Set aside until ready to serve.
• To serve: Spoon some of the gastrique onto 4 large dinner plates. Top with the duck confit and the sliced duck and spoon some of the cranberries and kumquarts on the sides. Garnish with thyme sprigs, if desired.

ROAST DUCK A L'ORANGE WITH DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500°. Season the ducks inside and out with the meat seasoning. Place the ducks into a roasting pan that is at least two inches deep.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the rosemary leaves and diced onions. Stuff each duck with the rosemary/onion mixture.
• Place the ducks in the oven and immediately lower the temperature to 350°. Cook the ducks until crisp and tender, about 4-41/5 hours. Drain the excess fat from the roasting pans after the first hour, and again every hour. Reserve the duck fat. The ducks are ready when you can easily twist the drumstick with your hand.
• When the ducks are done, remove them from the roasting pan and set aside. Drain off any excess duck fat. Place the roasting pan on the stove over medium-high heat. Add 4 cups duck or chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook for 8-10 minutes, scraping the bottom of the pan with a metal spatula to release all of the pan drippings. Strain and set aside.
• To make the orange sauce: Heat the duck fat in a pot over medium-high heat. Add the 1 cup of finely diced onions and cook, stirring constantly, until the onions are caramelized (dark brown).
• Add the orange juice, reduce heat to medium, and cook until the juice reduces to about 2 cups.
• Make a caramel:.
• In a large skillet, add the sugar and water. Whisk until fully blended. Cook over medium-low heat to make a caramel. Slowly add the warmed duck stock and cook, stirring occasionally, until the caramel dissolves in the stock. Add the caramel/stock mixture to the orange juice mixture and bring to a boil.
• Add the pepper jelly, salt, and oranges. Cook for 4-5 minutes. Add the dissolved cornstarch and thicken the sauce. Strain into a separate pot and keep warm.
• When the ducks are cool enough to handle, de-bone the ducks: Slice the ducks into halves. Slide your fingers underneath the breast meat and remove the breast and rib bones. Twist the drumstick and remove the leg bone and the "pin bone" that runs parallel to the drumstick. Remove the hip bone and thigh bone. Place the de-boned duck on a sheet pan and set aside or cover and refrigerate.
• Make a simple duck stock: Place the duck bones in a pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for at least one hour. Strain and set aside.
• To serve, cover the bottom of the sheet pans with duck stock and heat the duck in a 500° oven for 15 minutes. If you have a broiler, you can carefully crisp the skin under the broiler for a few seconds. Bring the orange sauce to a boil and serve 3 ounces of sauce underneath each portion of duck, alongside ¾ cup of dirty rice.
• For the Rice:.
• Heat the duck fat or olive oil in a cast-iron pot over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and cook, stirring constantly, until very brown, 4-5 minutes. Add the onions, bell pepper, celery, and eggplant. Cook, stirring constantly, until the vegetables become soft, 3-4 minutes.
• Add the garlic, bay leaf, salt, white pepper, black pepper, cayenne, cumin, and oregano. Cook for 1-2 minutes. Add 6 Tablespoons of the chicken stock. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3-4 minutes.
• Stir in the ground liver. Add the remaining chicken stock and bring to a boil. Turn heat to low and simmer for 2 minutes.
• Stir in the raw rice and cover the saucepan. Turn heat to very low and cook until the rice is done, 18-20 minutes.
• Fold in the green onions and parsley. Serve immediately.

ROAST DUCK WITH ORANGE AND GINGER

Steps:

• Rinse duck and pat dry. Remove neck and giblets and save for another purpose. Remove excess fat from cavity and tail area and trim off a bit of flappy neck skin. Prick duck skin all over with tip of sharp paring knife, making sure not to penetrate meat.
• Mix together salt and 5-spice powder. Season interior of duck with 1 tablespoon salt mixture; use remainder to generously season exterior (you may have a little left over). Combine orange zest with grated ginger and garlic, then smear mixture inside cavity. Place orange wedges in cavity. Tie legs together. Secure neck flap with wooden skewer or toothpicks. Place duck on rack in roasting pan breast-side-up and refrigerate overnight, uncovered.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Meanwhile, bring duck to room temperature and make the glaze: Bring orange juice, honey, sugar and soy sauce to a simmer. Add sliced ginger and star anise, then reduce mixture until you have a medium-thick syrup, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Roast duck for 2 hours, carefully pouring off fat and turning duck over every 30 minutes. Paint with glaze and roast another 30 minutes (2 1/2 hours in all). Tent with foil if glaze begins to get too dark. Duck is done when temperature at thickest part of leg reads 165 degrees. Paint duck once more, keep warm and let rest 20 minutes. Use poultry shears to cut into quarters (remove backbone first) or carve in the traditional way, removing legs from carcass and slicing breast. Serve with mashed butternut squash if desired.

DUCK A L'ORANGE

Steps:

• Roast duck:
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 475°F.
• Stir together salt, coriander, cumin, and pepper. Pat duck dry and sprinkle inside and out with spice mixture. Cut 1 half of orange into quarters and put in duck cavity with thyme, marjoram, parsley, and 4 onion wedges.
• Squeeze juice from remaining half of orange and stir together with wine and stock. Set aside.
• Spread remaining 4 onion wedges in roasting pan with carrot and celery, then place duck on top of vegetables and roast 30 minutes.
• Pour wine mixture into roasting pan and reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Continue to roast duck until thermometer inserted into a thigh (close to but not touching bone) registers 170°F, 1 to 1 1/4 hours more. Turn on broiler and broil duck 3 to 4 inches from heat until top is golden brown, about 3 minutes.
• Tilt duck to drain juices from cavity into pan and transfer duck to a cutting board, reserving juices in pan. Let duck stand 15 minutes.
• Make sauce:
• While duck roasts, cook sugar in a dry 1-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until sugar melts into a deep golden caramel. Add orange juice, vinegar, and salt (use caution; mixture will bubble and steam vigorously) and simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, until caramel is dissolved. Remove syrup from heat.
• Discard vegetables from roasting pan and pour pan juices through a fine-mesh sieve into a 1-quart glass measure or bowl, then skim off and discard fat. Add enough stock to pan juices to total 1 cup liquid.
• Stir together butter and flour to form a beurre manié. Bring pan juices to a simmer in a 1- to 2-quart heavy saucepan, then add beurre manié, whisking constantly to prevent lumps. Add orange syrup and zest and simmer, whisking occasionally, until sauce is thickened slightly and zest is tender, about 5 minutes. Serve with duck.
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ROAST DUCK L'ORANGE WITH CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Sprinkle chili powder, garlic powder, and salt all over ducks.
• Cut 1-inch slice in skin of ducks on both sides of breasts.
• Puree garlic, sage and olive oil and fill in slices in skin with mixture.
• Chop apple into 1-inch pieces and stuff inside ducks.
• Bake at 350*F (175*C) for 1 hour 30 minutes for a slightly rare duck, or 2 hours for a well done duck.
• Put the ingredients for the L'Orange sauce in saucepan and heat until alcohol simmers off, about 6 minutes.
• Serve L'Orange sauce over sliced duck breasts or other parts.
• Makes about 1 cup.