A Majestic Roasted Duck for Special Occassions
Looking for an alternative to a traditional holiday main dish? Try Roasted Duck for your next small holiday gathering.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour 45 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 55 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Poultry
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 Whole Duck (5 to 7 pounds) – defrosted
- Salt
- Glaze (provided in duck package)
Instructions
- Defrost duck in refrigerator for 2 to 3 days.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Place rack in a roasting pan and set aside.
- Remove duck from packaging material and set aside package of glaze.
- Remove neck, giblets from duck’s cavity and discard.
- Trim excess fat from duck.
- Rinse duck inside and out under cold running water and drain.
- Place duck, breast side up, on top of rack in roasting pan and pat dry.
- With a sharp fork, score duck by carefully running fork over duck’s skin (don’t allow fork to score meat, just skin).
- Pour about 2 teaspoons of salt into the palm of your hand; insert hand in duck cavity and spread salt around with your hand.
- Sprinkle another teaspoon of salt on duck’s exterior.
- Tie the legs together with kitchen twine.
- Place duck in oven and roast for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes, lower temperature to 350 degrees and roast for another hour and 15 minutes.
- Remove duck from oven, remove duck from roasting pan (set aside) and pour accumulated grease into another glass or metal container.
- Return duck to roasting pan and pour on glaze from package.
- Place duck back in oven and cook another 15 minutes.
- Remove duck from oven and transfer to a cutting board to rest for 10 minutes.
- Carve and serve.
Notes
(1) If you use a meat thermometer, insert into thickest part of duck’s leg. It should read 175 degrees when duck is ready. Some ducks come with their own “pop up” indicator. (2) Duck is very fatty and produces a high amount of grease. (3) Be careful not to overcook duck. Check at the 45 minute mark and again at the 1 hour mark and adjust the rest of your cooking schedule accordingly.
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