Buckshot Duck With Wild And Brown Rice Stuffing Recipes

SUCCULENT STUFFED ROAST DUCK WITH BALSAMIC CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375ºF.
• To prepare the stuffing: Sauté onion in butter until onion is transparent.
• Remove from heat.
• In a large bowl Add salt, and combine with rice, chopped sage and pecans.
• Taste and adjust seasoning to your taste.
• You may wish to add more salt and if you like you can add a bit of garlic pepper, but that is optional.
• Remove the bag from the duck cavity that contains the giblets and neck bone and set aside in refrigerator, you won't need it for this recipe.
• Rinse and dry the duck.
• Stuff the duck with the prepared brown rice stuffing and sew the stuffed cavity closed or secure with round tooth picks.
• Place the stuffed duck on a rack in a roasting pan breast side up and sprinkle all over top and bottom with salt and garlic pepper.
• Ducks contain lots of natural fat so require no basting.
• Roast at 375ºF for about 22 minutes a pound.
• A 6 pound duck should be done in about 2 1/4 hours.
• When duck is done let it set for about 20 minutes to let the juices settle before carving.
• While the duck is resting prepare the cherry sauce: In a medium size saucepan, combine the 15 ounce can of cherries, honey, wine, and Balsamic vinegar.
• Heat over medium flame until the mixture is reduced by half.
• Transfer to a serving touraine with a ladle.
• Place the touraine on table beside the carved Duck and let guests spoon as much sauce as they like on their portion of duck.

DUCK WITH CRANBERRY-WILD RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• To make stuffing:.
• In 1 1/2-quart saucepan, combine broth, rice and wild rice.
• Over high heat, heat to boiling.
• Reduce heat to low; simmer, covered, 30 minutes or until rice is tender and all liquid is absorbed, stirring occasionally.
• In 10-inch skillet over medium heat, in hot butter, cook chopped mushrooms and onions until tender and liquid has evaporated, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in cooked rice, cranberry sauce, salt and pepper.
• For duck:.
• Clean and rinse duck.
• Prick skin several times.
• To make glaze:
• In small saucepan, combine marmalade and lemon juice.
• Over low heat, heat until marmalade is melted, stirring occasionally.
• To cook duck:.
• In covered grill, arrange preheated coals around drip pan; test for medium heat above pan.
• Insert a meat thermometer into thickest part of meat between breast and thigh, without touching fat or bone.
• On grill rack, place duck, breast side, up, over pan but not over coals.
• Grill, covered, 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 hours or until well-done or 180.
• Adjust vents and add more charcoal as necessary.
• Brush often with glaze during the last 30 minutes.
• Garnish with lemon leaves, mushrooms and lemon peel twist.

DUCK AND WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Combine the first 5 ingredients in a large pot; cover with water, and bring to a boil.
• Lower heat; cover and simmer 1 hour or until ducks are tender.
• Remove ducks from stock; strain stock and reserve.
• When ducks are cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; cut into bite-sized pieces and set aside.
• Cook rice by following the package directions.
• Drain mushrooms, reserving the liquid.
• Add enough duck broth to the mushroom liquid to make 1 1/2 cups.
• Saute chopped onion in the melted margarine until tender.
• Add in flour, stirring until smooth.
• Add in mushrooms; cook/stir constantly for 1 minute.
• Gradually stir in mushroom liquid/broth mixture; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened and bubbly.
• Stir in duck, rice, half-and-half, and parsley.
• Spoon into a greased 2-quart shallow casserole dish.
• Sprinkle almonds over the top.
• Cover and bake in a 350°F oven for 15-20 minutes; uncover and bake 5-10 more minutes or until thoroughly heated.