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"Duckling" help me please!!!!
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wishingonastar_3
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my dearest granddad has just announced he's got me a fresh whole duckling from his shopping expedition reduced to 99p.
can someone tell me where i start with it and if its nice, can honestly say i've never fancied duck, duckling sounds worse somehow, but i can't let it go to waste.
also, can i freeze it??
thanks,
woas.
can someone tell me where i start with it and if its nice, can honestly say i've never fancied duck, duckling sounds worse somehow, but i can't let it go to waste.
also, can i freeze it??
thanks,
woas.
£2 saver club 30th sept 198 £2 coins = £396(£350 banked)
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You can freeze it.
I get wild duck off the river in season and I only take the breasts off. Then I either pan fry or caserol them in red wine. Stire fried in a Hoi sin sause is nice too.
With a whole duck you can roast it. They can be fatty so place a rack in the roasting tin. Then you can either serve it as a roast dinner. Chinese style, Shredded with a plumb sause spring onions wrapped in a thin pancake.£2 Coins Savings Club 2012 is £4
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To expand on what Rikki said -
Don't be surprised when it shrinks dramatically! Once that fat has run off, 1 duckling will probably only feed 2 -3 unless you go the pancake route. I always !!!!!! the skin so that more fat runs out. As a side bar, the fat that runs out, after straining, makes the most wonderful savory pastry, so don't discard it!
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Duck fat also makes the crispiest roast potatoes.0
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I love duck, its our favourite!!! I would just roast it, like you would chicken, and like Lucie said, save the fat for your roast potatos!!!!0
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Hi wishingonastar,
Duck is delicious but there isn't a lot of meat on it once it's cooked. As others have said cook it on a rack and save the fat to use for roast potatoes, it really does make a difference to them. It's a good idea to drain the fat off a few times during cooking as it really starts to spit and can make a terrible mess of the oven.
Here are some recent threads on cooking duck that might help you.
Bought a duck for £3.99....
Duck hints
Duck - Roast/Aromatic Crispy/Confit?
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thanks so much, i've popped it in the freezer, and am going to use it for sunday lunch, as there is only the 2 of us, i'll save the fat for the roasties.£2 saver club 30th sept 198 £2 coins = £396(£350 banked)0
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I always defrost a duck the day before Im going to use it. On the day of cooking I leave it out and !!!!!! it all over with a skewer as I find this gets the fat running straight away and makes for a drier duck. Also I throughly dry it helping to crisp the skin0
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