| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| Fee |
DuckI have a whole duck in the fridge (local too, don't you know), to be cooked today, I need recommendations!I def. want to do some crispy duck, but I was considering butchering the duck and using just the quarters for that. Not sure. Has anyone got any favourite duck recipes? Also, my niece will be trying duck for the first time, so I want it to be tasty. |
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| Northern_Lad |
Re: Duck
Worry not - you have to really try to make duck not be tasty. If you're going to quarter it then start it in a pan, skin side down, and transfer to the oven. |
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| Jonnyboy |
Wild or farmed?
If it's farmed then I would confit the legs, you have the advantage of being able to keep it for longer as well. |
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| Erikht |
And the breasts are usually a good place to start eating duck. Make a fruity, slightly sweet sauce to it. | ||||
| Fee |
Well, they were wandering around the place when I was there, and had a fairly large pond/lake to play in. Really good find for us, actually, I didn't know it was there, it's only 8 miles away and rear and sell beef, pork, chicken, duck, lamb, hoggett and mutton. Plus they had new piglets, which is always a bonus for me 
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| Fee |
Do I joint a duck in more or less the same way as a chicken? Might be a silly question, but thought I'd ask it anyway
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| welsh lamb |
Agree re fruity sauce
if I have loads of time I make one with creme d' cassis , home made chicken stock etc if short of time home made cherry jam (or Bon Maman) and dried cherries with a red wine redduction (R&S of course  )
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| Behemoth |
Turnips go with duck. | ||||
| drunk_nik |
It depends on how you'd joint the chicken... ...but yes, pretty much the same way - can't remember where I read how to do it, but they said to remove breasts as fillets, so I did. Otherwise the same. Think we did Hugh's cirtrus fruit casserole thing last time we had a whole duck - very tasty. |
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| mochyn |
I've got 13 outside, but they're not for the pot. Still getting more than my money's worth f eggs out of them... | ||||
| hamster |
Ooh, where was that? |
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| happytechie |
it's in Normandy Hamster, just south of ash vale | ||||
| Northern_Lad |
And damn fine eggs they are, too. |
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| Fee |
http://www.hampshirefarmersmarkets.co.uk/producers/producer_detail.asp?ID=63 Hunts Hill Farm, the farm shop is open from 9 - 5pm on fridays and mondays (even though the FM site says 9 - 6pm). We had a crispy caramelised duck, I've added the recipe to the recipe DB
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| mochyn |
Why thank you, young man. We're about to have some fried in a mo. Bit of an egg glut here today. |