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CRISPY ROAST DUCK WITH LAVENDER HONEY

Crispy Roast Duck With Lavender Honey image

Make and share this Crispy Roast Duck With Lavender Honey recipe from Food.com.

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Categories Duck

Time 4h15m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

3 tablespoons lavender honey
2 tablespoons boiling water
1 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
2 (4 1/2 lb) ducks, neck and giblets removed (Muscovy duck is recommended)
salt
fresh ground black pepper
2 cups boiling water
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 medium shallots, minced
1 cup demi-glace
1 tablespoon lavender honey, plus
1 teaspoon lavender honey
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
salt
fresh ground black pepper

Steps:

Make the glaze: in a small bowl, combine the honey, boiling water, and pepper; stir to blend and set aside.
Preheat oven to 275°; season ducks with salt and pepper.
With a kitchen fork, prick skin about ¼ inch deep all over, particularly in the fatty area around the thighs and wing area; do not pierce the meat.
Place duck breast-side down on a rack in a roasting pan; pour boiling water over them; roast for 2 hours.
Turn the duck breast-side up and brush with the glaze.
Roast for another 1 to 1 ¼ hours, or until the legs wiggle easily; transfer to a carving board and let cool.
Using heavy poultry shears, quarter the ducks-cut the backbones out to make this easier.
Place the duck quarters in plastic bags and refrigerate.
About 45 minutes before serving, preheat the oven to 375°; place the duck, skin-side up on a rimmed baking sheet and roast for 30 minutes, or until the duck is cooked through and crisp.
Meanwhile, make the sauce-in a small skillet, melt butter over med-highheat.
Add in shallots; saute for 2 minutes or until softened.
Add in demi-glace, honey, and vinegar; turn up heat to high, and reduce the sauce to a light glaze, about 3 minutes.
Whisk the remaining 1 tablespoons butter into the sauce to thicken it and add a sheen; season with salt and pepper.
Place the duck on a platter and spoon over a little sauce; serve the remaining sauce on the side.

HONEY-ROASTED DUCK LEGS

Honey-Roasted Duck Legs image

Few dishes can be at the magnificence of a whole roast duck, a treat that most Vietnamese purchase at Chinese barbecue shops. For an easier at-home version that is just as rich and succulent, I use whole duck legs (thigh and drumstick). They are relatively inexpensive at Asian markets, and they freeze well, which means you can stock up for when you don't have time to shop. The legs are steamed first, during which most of the fat melts away, and then they are roasted to crisp the skin. Finally, the honey glaze is applied, which puts a lacquer like finish on the skin while the meat stays moist. A simple hoisin dipping sauce adds a little extra sweetness to each bite. Present the duck with Everyday Daikon and Carrot Pickle (page 192) or Tangy Mixed Vegetable Pickle (pages 194) and accompany with a green vegetable stir-fried with just salt and a touch of sesame oil, a light soup such as Creamy Corn and Shiitake Mushroom Soup (page 74), and rice.

Yield serves 4 to 6 with 2 or 3 other dishes

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

4 cloves garlic, smashed with the broad side of a cleaver or chef's knife
Chubby 1-inch piece fresh ginger, thinly sliced and smashed with the broad side of a cleaver or chef's knife
3/4 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons light (regular) soy sauce
1 tablespoon dark (black) soy sauce
1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
2 teaspoons peeled and grated fresh ginger, pressed through a fine-mesh sieve to extract 1 teaspoon juice
6 whole duck legs, trimmed of excess fat and skin and backbone removed, if necessary
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce

Steps:

To make the glaze, in a small saucepan, combine the garlic, ginger, five-spice powder, salt, honey, light and dark soy sauces, and wine. Place over medium heat and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat. When the bubble action ceases, pour the glaze through a fine-mesh sieve place over a medium-sized bowl, pressing on the solids with the back of a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Let the glaze cool completely.
Select a large, shallow bowl or deep plate that fits in your steamer tray. Add the salt, wine, and ginger juice and stir to dissolve the salt. Add the duck legs and use your fingers to coat the duck legs well with the marinade. Arrange the duck legs so that there is minimal overlap, to ensure even cooking. Put the bowl in the steamer tray and set aside to marinate for 15 minutes.
Fill the steamer pan halfway with water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Add the steamer tray, cover, and steam the duck for 25 minutes. The skin will pull back from the flesh, and cooking juices will collect in the bowl. Transfer the duck legs to a plate and discard the cooking juices. (The legs may be cooled, wrapped in plastic wrap, and refrigerated overnight. Bring to room temperature before roasting.)
Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 425°F. To promote heat circulation and allow the fat to drip away from the duck, place a flat roasting rack on a foil-lined baking sheet. Put the duck, skin side up, on the rack, spacing the legs as far apart from one another as possible. Roast for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the skin is crisp and lightly golden. Turn on the exhaust fan as the duck roasts, as the dripping fat can cause smoke. If more than 2 tablespoons of fat accumulates in the pan during roasting, remove the duck from the rack, make a spout in one corner of the foil, and pour off the fat. Then quickly return the duck to the rack and continue roasting.
When the duck is ready, using tongs, lift each leg from the rack, roll it in the glaze to coat evenly, and hold it above the bowl to allow excess glaze to drip off. Return the duck to the rack, skin side up. Roast the legs for 5 minutes and then again coat them with the glaze. Roast for 3 to 5 minutes longer, or until the glaze richly colors the duck. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes.
After glazing the duck legs the second time, return the remaining glaze to the small saucepan and add the hoisin sauce to make a dipping sauce. Warm over medium heat, adding a spoonful or two of water if needed to balance out the flavor. Pour into a small serving bowl.
Using a heavy cleaver, chop the legs through the bone into bite-sized pieces. Or, slice the meat off the bone. Arrange the duck on 2 plates or a platter and serve with the sauce.