Renaissance Hvar Roasted Duck With Apples Recipes

ROAST DUCK STUFFED WITH APPLES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika.
• Remove the insides of the duck, then wash and pat it dry. Rub the entire duck with the spice and salt mixture.
• Core the Granny Smith apples and cut them into halves.
• Stuff the duck as much as possible with the apples. Then tie the drumsticks with kitchen twine.
• Place the duck (upside down) into a roasting pan.
• Whisk together the honey, orange juice, and lemon juice. This will be the glaze.
• Roast at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 50 minutes.
• Flip the duck on its front side and roast for another 50 minutes.
• Remove the duck form the oven and brush a generous amount of the glaze on top. Let it sit for about 20 minutes before serving.

NORTH CROATIAN ROASTED DUCK

Steps:

• Clean the duck and salt only from inside 2-3 hours before roasting. Add one tablespoon of marjoram inside the duck to cover inside meat.
• Heat oven to 250°C If there is enough fat inside duck, remove this fat and melt it separately in small pot; add lard. Heat lard and pour over duck's skin (that way we close pores on skin).
• Immediately put the duck into hot oven, roast 20 minutes on 250°C and than reduce heat to 180°C Last 20 minutes roast again on 200°C
• Duck weight 2500 g need about 120 minutes roasting.
• Start cutting the duck after 15 minutes resting outside. Use this time to remove fat drippings you will need for "mlinci".

EVERYDAY ROASTED DUCK

Steps:

• Recommended equipment: kitchen twine, heavy-duty flameproof roasting pan with a flat wire roasting rack, a fat-separating measuring cup (2 cups or larger), poultry shears or heavy knife for splitting the bird.
• Arrange an oven rack in the middle of the oven; preheat to 400°.
• Remove all clods of fat from the duck cavities, and trim any loose flaps of skin; rinse the bird, including the giblets and neck; pat dry with paper towels.
• Sprinkle a teaspoon of salt inside the belly cavity; and push in the rosemary sprigs.
• With the breast side up, twist and fold the wing tips so they stay under the bird.
• Cross the legs over the cavity opening and tie the ends tightly with kitchen twine.
• Chop the duck neck into two or three pieces and scatter in the bottom of the pan, along with the giblets, under or around the wire rack.
• Set the duck, breast side up, on the roasting rack in the pan.
• Whisk the wine, lemon juice, and olive oil vigorously together until emulsified, and pour this all over the duck skin; sprinkle the remaining 2 teaspoon salt over the bird, making sure that the sides are moistened and salted as well as the breast.
• Roast the duck for an hour, breast up, then baste it all over with the pan juices, using a bulb baster or large spoon--tilt the roasting pan carefully to scoop up the liquid.
• Continue to roast for another 1 to 1 1/2 hours, basting the bird every 30 minutes or so, until it is dark gold and very crisp all over.
• Remove the duck to a platter, take out the rack and gather the giblets and neck pieces onto the platter, too.
• Carefully pour the hot juices from the pan into a fat separator and let the fat gather on top.
• Pour the good juices out of the separator into the roasting pan (if you don't have a separator, spoon off all the fat first, then pour in a cup or more of stock, so you have at least 1 1/2 cups liquid to deglaze the pan and cook into a sauce).
• Set the roasting pan over med-high heat on top of the stove, and bring the liquids to a boil, vigorously scraping up all the caramelized bits on the bottom of the pan.
• Let the juices reduce until slightly thickened and flavorful, then turn off heat.
• In the meantime, cut up the duck into small pieces to serve family-style; pile the cut pieces on a serving platter, along with the roasted neck and giblet morsels.
• Keep warm, and when the sauce is ready pour the pan sauce all over.

ALMOND ROASTED DUCK WITH CHINESE SPICES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Pat the duck dry and prick all over with a fork.
• Insert the garlic and orange wedges into the cavity of the duck.
• In a small bowl, combine the almond syrup, soy sauce, and 5-spice powder.
• Rub or brush the almond mixture onto the duck. Sprinkle the duck with salt and pepper and place the duck on a rack, breast side down, in a roasting pan.
• Roast the duck, breast side down, in a preheated oven for 40 minutes, then turn the duck, breast side up, and continue to roast for 1 hour.
• The skin should be dark and crispy.
• Remove from the oven and let rest for 5 minutes.
• Serve the duck breast and legs whole for an elegant entree, or chop up the duck into bite-sized pieces and serve with spicy chutney as an appetizer.

RENAISSANCE TIME CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut chicken into pieces and salt it.
• Mince onion.
• Add olive oil into a pot and heat. Add onion and sauté it until translucent.
• Add chicken pieces, sauté it until white and add roughly grounded peppercorn, capers, cloves, roughly minced garlic, cinnamon, rosemary, bay leaf and wine.
• Cook 30 minutes and add raisins. Salt if necessary.
• Cook for more 15 to 20 minutes. That is it.

RENAISSANCE HVAR ROASTED DUCK WITH APPLES

Steps:

• Clean and season the duck and put sage and thyme sprig inside.
• Put the duck into roasting pot (or "peku") and roast it on 190°C, occasionally basting with lemon juice and water.
• When it is almost done (about 100 minutes) take the duck out and slice it into serving pieces.
• Make sauce out of wine and honey and roasting drippings, add sliced apples, return the duck slices and roast until all ingredients are soft (or 20-30 min.).
• Serve with homemade flour gnocchi.