Spiced slow-roast duck & apple sauce

Name: Spiced slow-roast duck & apple sauce
Prep time: 3 h 10 min
Cook time: 3 h 10 min
Total time: 3 h 10 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 duck about 1½ kg; 1 teaspoon sunflower oil; 1 lemon, halved; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 star anise; 2 garlic cloves, smashed; 500 grams potatoes, such as ratte; 3 watercress sprigs, to serve; 5 Bramley apples; 25 grams butter; 1 pinch pinch of cinnamon, plus ½ cinnamon stick; 150 milliliters apple juice

If you have roughly 3 hours and 10 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Spiced slow-roast duck & apple sauce might be a tremendous gluten free recipe to try. For $6.16 per serving, you get a sauce that serves 2. One serving contains 2097 calories, 53g of protein, and 164g of fat. Head to the store and pick up cinnamon, cinnamon stick, lemon, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Heat oven to 140C/120C fan/gas

Equipment you will use

Oven

Remove any giblets and pull the excess fat from the ducks cavity. Use a roasting fork or skewer to prick the skin of the duck all over do this lightly as you dont want to pierce the meat.

Ingredients you will need

Whole Duck

Meat

Equipment you will use

Skewers

Season generously inside, rub the skin with a little oil and season with salt and pepper. Stuff the cavity with the lemon halves, cinnamon, star anise and garlic. Sit the duck in a roomy roasting tin (you will be adding potatoes to the tin later). Roast the duck for 2 hrs, pricking again every now and then. Meanwhile, boil the potatoes for 10 mins until just cooked.

Ingredients you will need

Salt And Pepper

Star Anise

Cinnamon

Potato

Garlic

Lemon

Whole Duck

Cooking Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

Remove the duck from the oven and increase the heat to 220C/200C fan/gas

Ingredients you will need

Whole Duck

Equipment you will use

Oven

Place the duck on a board and pour off half the fat from the tin. Toss the potatoes in the tin so they are completely coated in the juices, then push them to the side of the tin. Sit the duck back in and give it a final 20-30 mins in the oven to crisp up.

Ingredients you will need

Potato

Whole Duck

Equipment you will use

Oven

Meanwhile, make the apple sauce. Peel and finely slice the apples, discarding the core. Melt the butter in a pan until sizzling, add the apples and spices, then stir to coat.

Ingredients you will need

Applesauce

Apple

Butter

Spices

Equipment you will use

Frying Pan

Pour in 100ml apple juice, cover and simmer for 10 mins, stirring occasionally.

Ingredients you will need

Apple Juice

Add a splash more juice if the apples are becoming a bit dry. Cook until the apples have collapsed into a fluffy sauce.

Ingredients you will need

Apple

Juice

Sauce

Remove the duck from the oven to a board to rest, then place the potatoes back into the oven for 20 mins to crisp up. When the duck has rested and the potatoes are brown, you are ready to carve and plate up.

Ingredients you will need

Potato

Whole Duck

Equipment you will use

Oven