Roast Duck With Port-Garlic Sauce

Recipe By:
Celine
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  • Total Time 225 min Ico-add
  • Yield 10 Servings
  • Level Medium

This recipes comes to us from down south in New Orleans Louisiana where they don't just roast a duck, they apply wine and garlic so rich you may need a security guard standing by the kitchen door until it's ...
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Ingredients

  • 1 5-pound duck, fresh or frozen, thawed (neck, heart and gizzard reserved)
  • 1/3 cup soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons dijon mustard
  • 3 large garlic cloves, pressed
  • 1 teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground pepper
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • For sauce:
  • 1 medium onion, quartered
  • 1 carrot, coarsely chopped
  • 1 celery stalk, coarsely chopped
  • 4 1/2 cups water
  • 2 tablespoons ( 1/4 stick) butter
  • 6 large garlic cloves, sliced
  • 1 cup ruby port
  • 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
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Directions

  1. 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. 2. Cut off duck wing tips at joint and set aside.
  3. 3. Trim excess fat from cavity of duck.
  4. 4. Using fork, pierce duck skin in several places.
  5. 5. Place duck, breast side up, on rack in large roasting pan.
  6. 6. Brush soy sauce over duck.
  7. 7. Mix mustard and pressed garlic in small bowl.
  8. 8. Brush mustard mixture over duck.
  9. 9. Mix salt, pepper and thyme in another small bowl.
  10. 10. Sprinkle spice-herb mixture over duck and in cavity.
  11. 11. Roast duck 45 minutes. Turn duck and roast, breast side down, 30 minutes.
  12. 12. Turn duck and roast, breast side up, until duck is deep golden brown and cooked through, about 15 minutes longer.
  13. 13. Transfer duck to platter.
  14. 14. Serve with warmed sauce.
  15. The Sauce:
  16. 15. Combine neck, heart, gizzard and wing tips in large saucepan.
  17. 16. Add onion, carrot and celery to pan.
  18. 17. Add 4 1/2 cups water and bring to boil.
  19. 18. Reduce heat and simmer 1 hour.
  20. 19. Strain stock into medium saucepan.
  21. 20. Boil stock until reduced to 1 cup, about 15 minutes.
  22. 21. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat.
  23. 22. Add sliced garlic and saute until golden, about 2 minutes.
  24. 23. Add Port and boil 5 minutes.
  25. 24. Add reduced duck stock and boil until reduced to 1 cup, about 8 minutes.
  26. 25. Mix remaining 1 tablespoon butter and flour in small bowl.
  27. 26. Whisk into sauce and simmer until thickened, about 1 minute. Season sauce with salt and pepper.