Simplified roast duck with grapefruit
Simplified roast duck with grapefruit

Preparation time 15 minutes

Total time: 1 hour

Ingredients

Duck

  1. 1 duck, about 2.7 kg (6 lb.)
  2. To taste, salt and pepper
  3. ½ pink grapefruit, quartered

Garnish

  1. Very thin pancakes cut in squares (like crêpes, unsweetened or lightly sweetened)
  2. To taste, minced iceberg lettuce
  3. To taste, carrots cut into matchsticks

Glaze

  1. 125 mL (½ cup) hoisin sauce
  2. 45 mL (3 tbsp.) maple syrup
  3. 45 mL (3 tbsp.) rice vinegar
  4. 15 mL (1 tbsp.) finely chopped fresh ginger
  5. 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  6. 10 mL (2 tsp.) pink grapefruit zest

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 160°C (325°F).
  2. Season inside and outside of duck with salt and pepper. Insert pieces of grapefruit into the cavity and truss the legs with string.
  3. In a bowl, combine the hoisin sauce, maple syrup, rice vinegar, ginger, garlic, and grapefruit zest. Refrigerate half the glaze for serving later.
  4. Place duck on a rack over a dripping pan, breast-side up. Generously brush with glaze.
  5. Bake uncovered in the oven for 1 hour and 50 minutes. Brush the duck with glaze every 10 minutes for the final hour of cooking. Increase oven temperature to 230°C (450°F) and continue cooking for 10 more minutes. The internal cooking temperature must reach 82°C (180°F).

Serving:

  1. Roast duck is a self-serve meal with all fillings placed on the table so each guest can garnish their dish as they like.
  2. Separate the duck meat from the skin. If you wish, cut the skin in slices to serve as a filling. Cut duck meat into small pieces.
  3. To prepare, brush a piece of pancake with reserved glaze. Top with duck, crispy skin, lettuce, and carrots. Roll it up and enjoy!
  4. Roast duck is delicious served hot or cold. Serve with sautéed vegetables.

This recipe is inspired by the celebrated Peking duck. Traditionally, the duck is 1) pricked and marinated overnight 2) strained and then brushed several times with glaze and allowed to dry between applications 3) roasted on a spit and brushed several times with cooking juices and glaze. The numerous, long steps produce crispy skin. Here is a simplified version of this typical, delicious dish that you can make yourself.

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