Duck with Honey

Name: Duck with Honey
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 slices toasted baguette slices; 0 teaspoons black peppercorns; 2 teaspoons coarse sea salt; 3 Tbsps dry red wine; 3 kilograms duck, fresh or frozen, thawed; 1 Tbsp fresh thyme leaves; 4 teaspoons (packed) fresh lavender blossoms or 2 teaspoons dried; 237 milliliters canned low-salt chicken broth; 4 Tbsps lavender honey or orange flower honey

Need a dairy free main course? Duck with Honey could be a great recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains around 82g of protein, 269g of fat, and a total of 2859 calories. This recipe serves 4. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. If you have low-salt chicken broth, orange flower honey, coarse sea salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the baguette you could follow this main course with the Baguette and Butter Pudding as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Finely grind 2 teaspoons fresh or 1 teaspoon dried lavender blossoms, thyme, sea salt and peppercorns in spice grinder or with mortar and pestle.

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Fresh Lavender

Sea Salt

Thyme

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Mortar And Pestle

Oven

Remove fat deposits and giblets from duck cavity, reserving liver. Trim excess skin and fat from neck area. Rinse inside and out; pat dry.

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Liver

Whole Duck

Cutting through skin and fat (but not flesh) of duck breasts, score in crisscross pattern. Rub inside and outside of duck with herb mixture; return duck liver to cavity.

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Duck Breast

Duck Liver

Whole Duck

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place duck, breast up, on rack in roasting pan. Roast 2 hours.

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Whole Duck

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Roasting Pan

Remove from oven. Increase oven temperature to 375°F.

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Oven

Transfer duck to plate.

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Whole Duck

Pour pan juices into 4-cup glass measuring cup; spoon off fat. Return juices and 1 tablespoon fat to pan.

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Measuring Cup

Frying Pan

Add broth and wine. Return duck to pan.

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Broth

Whole Duck

Wine

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Brush with 2 tablespoons honey.

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Honey

Roast duck 20 minutes, basting once with pan juices.

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Whole Duck

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Frying Pan

Brush with 2 tablespoons honey; sprinkle with 1 teaspoon fresh or 1/2 teaspoon dried lavender. Roast duck until deep golden and thermometer inserted into innermost part of thigh registers 180°F, about 5 minutes longer.

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Fresh Lavender

Honey

Whole Duck

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Kitchen Thermometer