Baked Duck Breasts and
Rice in Roast Duck Stock
Ingredients
3 Ducks
Onions
1 Head of garlic
Carrots
Seasoning mix:
5 Parts salt.
1 Part onion powder
1 Part garlic powder
1 Part white pepper
1/4 Part cayenne pepper
1 Part cumin
1 Part thyme
1 Part rubbed sage
First
day
Get out
a roasting pan and start your oven preheating to 325 degrees. Take 2 or 3
plucked mallards and with a sharp boning or filet knife, remove the
breasts. Trim away excess skin and fat but make sure skin remains across
at least 50% of each breast. Wrap each breast with plastic wrap and
refrigerate.
Next,
make a seasoning mix.
The
following seasoning mix is made with parts instead of a specific
measurement. You can substitute the word cup, or all the way down to
teaspoon, in place of the word parts. For a dinner for four people,
substitute table spoon for the word parts. You may have some left over but
it will keep.
Rub the
remainder of the ducks down (not the duck breasts; which should be in your
refrigerator), inside and out, with the seasoning. Put in a large roasting
pan and place in your preheated oven. Roast ducks until the legs pull away
easily (once the skin has been broken) from the body. This could take
anywhere from 1 to 4 hours depending on your oven temperature; the amount
of ducks; and the size.
Once the
ducks have roasted, let them cool in the roasting pan. Once cool, remove
the ducks onto a large cutting board or other large surface. Take the fat
drippings from the roasting pan and pour into a large sealable container.
Now pull the meat from the ducks and place into a bowl. Place the
remaining carcasses and skin into a large stock pot. Cover the bones, plus
about three inches above, with water. Quarter up an onion or two and cut
in half a bulb (8 to 10 cloves) of garlic. Put into to stock pot. Brake up
a few carrots and put them in the pot. Now bring the stock pot to a slow
boil over medium heat and reduce to low heat. Make sure the heat is on low
- a tiny bubble or two should rise to the top every second or so but do
not get this too hot. Let this cook several hours. Run the stock through a
strainer and place into a container and refrigerate.
Start by
preheating your oven to 350 degrees. Chop your pulled duck meat (not the
breasts) into very fine pieces. Now, take a large skillet and add about 3
or 4 tbl of the reserved duck fat (it should look like shortening after
the refrigeration process). Heat it to medium high heat. Chop up some
onion (about a cup) and saute in the duck fat. At this point, reduce the
heat to medium low and add about 3/4 cup of duck liver. Break these up
real fine and sprinkle cayenne pepper over them (use to your heat
tolerance level). At this point, add two cups of rice. Coat the rice well
with the duck fat. Add 4 cups of stock to the mixture and simmer for a
couple minutes (3 to 5). Pour into a baking dish and add the chopped duck
meat. Mix together well. Cover baking dish with foil and bake for 45
minutes. |