Duck with apples in the oven

Duck with apples in the oven is one of the main attributes of the Soviet-era festive table. There are a great many recipes for this solemn and spectacular dish, and the methods of preparing and decorating the treat also vary.

Duck baked whole in the oven with apples

To prepare the dish, buy a whole duck carcass. It is advisable to take slightly sour apples, this will highlight the taste of the meat, and the combination will be quite harmonious. On a baking sheet along with the duck, you can also prepare a side dish in the form of baked potatoes.

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   How to bake duck with apples in the oven? In a small bowl, combine pepper and salt.
2. 
   If the duck is purchased frozen, it must first be thawed. The carcass should be washed under cold water, unnecessary fat and tail should be cut off.Rub the mixture of salt and black pepper over the entire surface of the duck and do the same inside.
3. 
   Wash the apples and dry with paper towels. Cut the fruits into 2, 4 or 6 parts depending on their size. Throw away the seed pods and cuttings. Do not peel the apples.
4. 
   Stuff the bird with apples and sew it up with thick thread. The legs and wings of the duck need to be tied to the carcass with threads so that they do not fry too much in the oven. Turn the duck on the baking sheet onto its back.
5. 
   Preheat the oven to 190 degrees, remove the baking sheet with the bird for 110-120 minutes. During the entire baking process, you need to periodically open the door and pour the fat that will be released onto the duck. This should be done approximately once every 6-10 minutes.
6. 
   Peel the potatoes (determine the quantity by the availability of free space on the baking sheet, approximately 4-5 pieces), cut into slices about 1 cm thick. After about 50 min. After the duck has started roasting, place the potatoes on a baking sheet in duck fat and lightly salt them.
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   To check the readiness of the meat, you need to pierce the duck between the carcass and the leg. If clear juice comes out of the hole, it means the dish is ready. Be sure to remove all threads. It is not necessary to eat the apples with which the bird is stuffed; they are added to absorb excess fat and add flavor to the dish. Serve the finished baked duck with potatoes.

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Recipe for duck with apples in foil

To ensure that a large poultry dish is as juicy as possible when baked, it needs to be cooked in foil. In this case, this helps the duck to bake well from the inside and become more tender. The marinade for the dish is prepared using apple and pomegranate juices.

Cooking time: 5 hours.

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Duck carcass – 2.5 kg;
• Apples – 1 kg;
• Apple juice – 65 ml;
• Pomegranate juice – 65 ml;
• Soy sauce – 2 tbsp. l.;
• Dried garlic, salt, ground black pepper - to your taste.

Cooking process:

1. Rinse the chilled duck in cold water and dry with paper towels. In a separate bowl, mix salt, ground black pepper and dried garlic. Rub the duck with this mixture on all sides and inside.

2. For the marinade, mix soy sauce and pomegranate juice. Take a large syringe with a thick needle and stuff the duck with marinade on each side. If you don’t have syringes at home, you need to rub the bird with the resulting liquid marinade, rubbing it well into all parts of the duck. Leave the meat to marinate for about 1.5-2 hours. Leave about 6 tbsp. l. marinade for basting meat during baking.

3. Wash the apples, dry them, cut out the core. Cut the fruits into slices.

4. Stuff the duck with apples and seal the edges with wooden toothpicks.

5. Unwind a roll of food foil and place the meat on it. Wrap the duck in food foil very tightly so that the juice does not leak out during baking.

6. Preheat the oven to 210-220 degrees. Place the poultry wrapped in foil on a baking sheet in the oven.

7. After about half an hour, remove the pan from the oven and drain off any excess fat. Open the foil slightly and pour the rest of the marinade mixed with apple juice over the meat.

8. Reduce oven temperature to 180 degrees and bake for about 2-3 hours depending on how large the bird is.

9. Half an hour before the end of cooking, the foil must be completely opened to get a beautiful golden crust.

10. Place the finished duck on a large dish and serve to guests, removing the toothpicks.

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Juicy and soft duck with apples in the sleeve

In addition to baking in foil, you can get juicy meat by cooking it in a baking bag. If the bird is domestic and not very young, it should be left to marinate for a whole day so that the meat does not turn out tough.

Cooking time: 1 day.

Servings: 8.

Ingredients:

• Duck carcass – 1.5 kg;
• Green apples – 2 pcs.;
• Salt, ground black pepper - to your taste;
• Large lemon – 1 pc.;
• Ginger root – 1 pc.;
• Soy sauce – 3 tbsp. l.;
• Honey or sugar - 1 tbsp. l.;
• Olive oil – 1 tbsp. l.;
• Balsamic vinegar – 1 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. For the marinade, wash the lemon and squeeze the juice out of it. In order for the juice to flow out better, you can roll the lemon on the table, pressing it with force with your hand, or heat it for 30 seconds. in the microwave.

2. Mix lemon juice with soy sauce, honey, balsamic vinegar. Add washed and finely grated ginger root, pour in olive oil. Mix the sauce thoroughly.

3. Rinse the duck without entrails in cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Rub inside and outside with a mixture of salt and ground black pepper.

4. Rub with marinade, pour the same on top and inside. Leave in the refrigerator overnight to marinate. Periodically pour the marinade over the duck, which will drain into the container.

5. Wash the apples, dry them, cut out the seed pod and cut into slices without removing the skin. Press the apples inside the duck carcass.

6. Prepare a baking sleeve. Place the duck stuffed with apples in a bag and on a baking sheet. Place the baking sheet in a preheated oven and bake for about 1.5 hours at a temperature of 190-200 degrees.

7. In 15 minutes.Before the end of cooking, cut the bag, open it halfway and leave it to bake, this is necessary for the appearance of an appetizing crispy and golden brown crust.

8. Serve the duck meat, cutting it into portions, with mashed potatoes and a salad of fresh vegetables.

Bon appetit!

Delicious duck with apples and potatoes

Duck baked in the oven is considered a New Year's or Christmas dish. The meat will be soft, aromatic and juicy, with a golden brown crust on top. If desired, the dish can be seasoned with rosemary sprigs when baking: they will give a spicy winter aroma and serve as an original decoration.

Cooking time: 3 hours 30 minutes.

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Duck carcass – 2.5 kg;
• Potatoes – 0.6 kg;
• Sour apples – 4-5 pcs.;
• Garlic cloves – 4 pcs.;
• Pomegranate sauce – 5 tbsp. l.;
• A mixture of peppers, salt, Provencal herbs - to your taste;
• Soy sauce – 2 tbsp. l.;
• Honey – 2 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. Wash the duck carcass well in cold water and dry with paper towels. Cut off the tips of the wings, which have almost no meat.

2. Mix salt and seasonings and rub the bird inside and out. Coat the inside and outside with thick store-bought pomegranate sauce. Place the carcass in a baking dish, cover it with cling film on top and leave it in the refrigerator overnight or marinate for a day.

3. After overnight in the refrigerator, wash the apples, wipe them and cut them into slices, cutting out the middle with the seeds.

4. Remove the dish with the duck from the refrigerator, again spread the pomegranate sauce on the bird and stuff the duck with chopped apples.

5. Connect the edges of the duck with wooden toothpicks. Wrap the ends of the drumsticks and wings in foil to protect them from blackening.

6. Peel the potatoes, wash and cut into medium-sized slices.Pour Provençal herbs and any seasonings to your taste into the potatoes, add salt and peeled garlic, cut into thin slices.

7. Place the duck in a baking sleeve and place on a baking sheet. Leave a reserve in your sleeve for potatoes. Divide the potatoes in half and place them in a sleeve on both sides of the bird. Secure the ends of the sleeves with clips.

8. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, place the dish with the duck there for 2 hours.

9. After 2 hours of baking, you need to increase the oven temperature to 220 degrees, take out a baking sheet, cut the sleeve and coat the surface of the duck with a mixture of liquid honey and soy sauce. You can also baste the bird with the fat and marinade that flows out of the sleeve. This manipulation can be performed several times in 5-10 minutes.

10. Leave the duck to bake until golden brown.

11. Place the duck and potatoes on a dish, sprinkle with finely chopped herbs. It is advisable to remove the apples from inside the bird and discard the toothpicks.

Bon appetit!

How to bake duck with apples and prunes at home

Duck with apples is a very tasty and impressive dish. If you add prunes inside the apples, the aroma will intensify, and the dish will taste as if sweet and sour sauce had been added.

Cooking time: 3 hours.

Servings: 5-6.

Ingredients:

• Duck carcass – 1 pc.;
• Apples – 4 pcs.;
• Honey – 1 tbsp. l.;
• Prunes – 7-8 pcs.;
• Mustard – 1 tsp;
• Soy sauce – 1 tsp. l.;
• Salt, ground black pepper - to your taste.

Cooking process:

1. Remove any remaining feathers and down from the duck, wash it in cold water and dry it with thick paper towels.

2. Mix salt and pepper (and any seasonings and spices to taste). Rub the duck inside and out with this mixture, going well through all the folds.

3.Wash and dry the apples. Remove cores and cuttings. Cut each apple into medium-sized slices. Cut the prunes into halves.

4. Push pieces of apples and prunes inside the duck. If there are not enough apples, you should cut more.

5. Pull the skin off the carcass with toothpicks or sew it up using a needle and thick thread.

6. Place the bird in a suitable sized baking dish. Place the remaining prunes and apples into the voids of the mold around the duck. If desired, you can add 2-3 laurels and clove buds, peppercorns.

7. Pour 1-2 cm of water into the bottom of the mold. Cover the mold with a duck lid or food foil. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees.

8. After half an hour, remove the lid or foil and brush the bird with fat from the bottom of the pan. Brush the duck every 15 minutes or so. (the more often the better).

9. You can check the duck for doneness by making a puncture. Clear juice should flow from the meat. In general, the entire baking process should take approximately 2.5 hours.

10. In 15 minutes. Before the end of cooking, mix honey, mustard and soy sauce. Brush the duck with this mixture and return to the oven. Do not cover with a lid or foil until the end of baking.

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Recipe for duck baked with apples and oranges

The bird stuffed with apples and citrus fruits has a spicy, sweetish taste. It is advisable to buy good, high-quality soy sauce; the taste of the marinade used to stuff the meat will depend on this.

Cooking time: 3.5 hours.

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Duck carcass – 2.3 kg;
• Oranges – 2 pcs.;
• Sour apples - 2 pcs.;
• Salt, ground black pepper, seasonings - to your taste;
• Soy sauce – 110 ml;
• Garlic cloves – 4 pcs.;
• Mustard – 1 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. Wash the duck carcass in cold water.Remove excess fat and excess skin from the bird near the neck, and cut off the tail. Alternatively, the neck can be removed. Pour boiling water over the duck twice and dry with paper towels.

2. Mix pepper and salt, rub the carcass with this mixture inside and out.

3. Wash the oranges and pour boiling water over them. Squeeze the juice from one orange and mix with soy sauce. Take a thick syringe with a needle, draw up the resulting liquid and prick the duck meat, letting in the liquid. Make punctures approximately 2 cm apart.

4. Leave a little marinade. Squeeze the peeled garlic cloves into it through a press, add seasonings (you can use herbs de Provence, suneli hops) and add mustard. Stir the mixture thoroughly and rub the duck inside and out.

5. Cover the dish with duck with cling film, put it in the refrigerator to marinate for 5-6 hours or overnight.

6. In the morning, remove the bird from the refrigerator and rub it again with the marinade, which will drain into the plate overnight.

7. Wash the apples, cut them together with the second orange into 4-6 slices. Stuff the duck with apples and orange slices. Pull the edges of the skin at the hole and pin them with toothpicks.

8. Place the carcass in a baking sleeve; if you plan to have a side dish in the form of potatoes or other vegetables, they can be placed on the sides. Secure the ends of the sleeve with clips and place it on a baking sheet.

9. Make several punctures at the sleeve so that air can escape. Place the baking sheet with meat in a preheated oven and bake at 180 degrees for about 2-2.5 hours.

10. When the meat is ready, cut the sleeve, remove the potatoes and leave the duck for 10-15 minutes. fry in the oven until golden brown, basting the duck with fat from time to time.

11. Remove the finished meat from the oven, remove the toothpicks.Transfer to a large platter and arrange cooked potatoes or vegetables around the edges.

Bon appetit!

Step-by-step recipe for cooking duck in apples with honey in the oven

To get a beautiful brown crust on the duck in the oven, you need to brush it with honey. When choosing a bird in a store, you should pay attention to its breed: Peking duck is best suited for roasting.

Cooking time: 2 hours.

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Duck carcass – 2 kg;
• Onion – 1 head;
• Apples – 3 pcs.;
• Honey – 2 tbsp. l.;
• Ground coriander – 1 tsp;
• Salt, pepper mixture - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Set the oven to preheat to 180 degrees.

2. Wash the duck carcass, make a couple of cuts in the breast, cut off the tail. Pat the bird dry with paper towels.

3. Combine salt, pepper mixture and ground coriander, mix. Rub the carcass inside and out with this mixture.

4. If the honey is candied, heat it in a spoon until liquid. Brush the entire surface of the duck with honey; rub the inside well with honey.

5. Prepare a roasting pan and place the duck in it. Cut the apples into 4 parts, removing the seeds and cuttings. Peel the onion and cut into quarters. Place pieces of apples and onions into the cavity of the carcass. If desired, you can add citrus fruits, herbs or dried fruits.

6. Fold the duck's wings back, under the back, to the bottom of the roasting pan. Tie the legs with thread.

7. Add 50 ml of water inside the bird. Secure the hole in the bird using thick thread and a needle or toothpicks.

8. Cover the roasting pan with a lid or foil and place in the oven for 50 minutes.

9. Next, remove the foil or lid, increase the oven temperature to 220 degrees and bake the bird for another half hour. Periodically open the oven door and baste the bird with any fat and juices released from it.

10.After baking, leave the duck to stand for about 10 minutes, then you can remove the toothpicks and threads, cut the bird into portions, and discard the apples from inside. Serve with side dish.

Bon appetit!

Duck baked with apples and rice in the oven

We offer an amazing recipe for duck stuffed with rice, apples and oranges. As a complement to the dish, a sauce made from oranges and apples, which is formed during the cooking process, is served in a separate bowl. The bird gets a beautiful crust by brushing it with regular mayonnaise before putting it in the oven.

Cooking time: 3.5 hours.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Duck carcass – 2 kg;
• Orange – 2 pcs.;
• Apple – 3 pcs.;
• Rice – 1 glass;
• Olive oil or mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. l.;
• Sweet red paprika – 1 tsp;
• Curry – 1 tsp;
• Salt – 1 tsp;
• Butter – 3 tbsp. l.;
• A mixture of ground black pepper, ground coriander, dried garlic granules and dry basil - to your taste.

Cooking process:

1. Gut the duck, if necessary, wash in cold water and dry. Trim the tail and fat from the inside of the carcass. Thread a thick thread into a large needle and sew up the place where the neck begins.

2. Coat the inside of the duck with salt and seasonings.

3. Boil 2-2.5 liters of water in a deep saucepan. Add 1 tsp. salt and stir. Cook rice in this water. For this purpose, you need to buy fluffy rice, such as for pilaf. Cook the rice until slightly cooked. When you bite into it, the rice should be slightly firm. This is necessary so that later in the filling it does not turn into porridge.

4. Place the cooked rice in a sieve and rinse under cold tap water so that the rice does not stick together. After the water has drained, place the rice in a bowl.

5. Add 1 tsp to the rice.without a heap of spices (mix all the seasonings required for the recipe), add a little salt. Melt the butter and pour into the rice. Wash the apple and orange. Cut out a box with seeds from the apple, remove the peel and the white film from under the zest from the orange. Finely chop the apple and orange into cubes and add to the bowl, mix everything well.

6. Push the entire mixture inside the duck. The minced meat should fit entirely. Sew up the bird's belly with thread.

7. Send the dish with duck to marinate in the refrigerator overnight or for a couple of hours.

8. When the process is complete, remove the bird from the refrigerator. Mix salt and spices, add olive oil or mayonnaise, stir. Brush the surface of the duck with this mixture.

9. Grease a deep duck pan or baking dish. Wash 2 apples and an orange. Do the same manipulations with the fruit as you did the first time.

10. Salt and sprinkle finely chopped fruit with seasonings and place on the bottom of the mold. Place the duck breast side up on a fruit pillow; the wings can be tied to the carcass.

11. Place the pan in an oven preheated to 220 degrees. Cook for about 2-2.5 hours. During this time, you need to open the oven and turn the bird over several times. After 2.5 hours, you need to check the meat for readiness - pierce it with a fork. If the juice that flows out is not pink, the dish is ready.

12. At the end of baking, place the duck on a dish and cut into portions. Carefully spoon the filling into a separate plate.

13. To serve, you can place the rice filling in the center of the dish and place the duck pieces on top. In a separate bowl, serve the dish with orange and apple sauce, which must be collected from the bottom of the dish.

Bon appetit!

Recipe for delicious duck with apples and buckwheat

Duck with buckwheat and apples inside is both a meat dish and a side dish at once. The grain that cooks inside the bird is juicy and soaked in fat. If the dish is planned to be served for a holiday, then you can additionally add prunes, sesame seeds or walnuts to the buckwheat before cooking. It turns out very unusual and tasty.

Cooking time: 2 hours 40 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Duck carcass – 2-2.5 kg;
• Buckwheat – 400 g;
• Water – 800 ml;
• Apples – 2 pcs.;
• Dry adjika (or favorite spices to your taste) – 1 tbsp. l.;
• Black peppercorns – 0.5 tsp;
• Garlic clove – 1 pc.;
• Bay leaf – 1 pc.;
• Sour cream – 3 tbsp. l.;
• Salt - to your taste.

Cooking process:

1. Place the duck carcass in the sink and pour boiling water over both sides. This is necessary so that the skin tightens and when baking, a crispy crust is obtained. Pat the bird dry with paper towels and rub the inside and outside with salt.

2. Sort the buckwheat groats and rinse several times to clean water. Pour hot water over buckwheat in a ratio of 1:2 and place over medium heat. When the water boils, reduce the heat and cook the cereal until tender (about 10-13 minutes), add salt to your taste. Remove the pan from the heat and cool; the porridge should be crumbly.

3. Wash the apples, remove the seed pod and cut into quarters without removing the peel.

4. Grind black pepper and bay leaf in a coffee grinder or food processor, add dry adjika, sour cream and finely chopped garlic, mix everything thoroughly.

5. Rub the duck inside and out with this mixture. Place apple slices and chilled buckwheat inside, secure the edges of the skin with toothpicks or sew them up.

6. Place the stuffed duck in a baking sleeve and secure the edges with clips.Place in a mold and refrigerate for 3-4 hours.

7. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake the duck in the sleeve for about 2 hours. In 10-15 minutes. Before the end of cooking, cut the sleeve in the middle and leave the duck to bake until golden brown and crispy. When the meat is pierced, clear juice flows out.

8. When serving, remove toothpicks and threads. Place the porridge from the duck into a dish, discard the apples, cut the meat into pieces and place on top of the buckwheat.

Bon appetit!

Spicy duck with apples and mustard, baked in the oven

Roast duck is good with all marinades, but the mustard-based marinade is especially noteworthy. In it, the meat turns out to be slightly spicy, and the combination with sour apples is a very successful taste solution. You need to buy mustard ready-made in jars.

Cooking time: 3 hours 10 minutes.

Servings: 4-5.

Ingredients:

• Duck carcass – 2.3-2.5 kg;
• Sour apples – 4-5 pcs.;
• Garlic cloves – 3 pcs.;
• Mustard from a jar - 2-3 tbsp. l.;
• Honey – 2 tbsp. l.;
• Ground black pepper – 0.5 tsp;
• Lemon juice – 3 tbsp. l.;
• Dried rosemary – ¾ tsp;
• Deodorized vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. l.;
• Salt – 1.5 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. If necessary, gut the duck, cut off the neck, cut off the tips of the wings, wrap the ends of the wings and legs in foil so that they do not burn during baking.

2. Rinse the carcass under cold water and dry with paper towels. Cut off the tail.

3. Rub the prepared bird with salt outside and inside.

4. For the marinade, take liquid honey (or melt it in a steam bath), add mustard to it.

5. Pour boiling water over the lemon and heat for 30 seconds. in the microwave. Squeeze the juice from the lemon and add to the marinade.Gently remove the zest from the lemon with a citrus fruit grater, being careful not to touch the white part of the peel underneath. Add 1 tsp to honey and mustard. lemon zest.

6. Add all the seasonings and garlic, passed through a garlic press or grated, into the marinade. Add vegetable oil. Stir until completely combined. Spread this mixture on all sides of the duck and put it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

7. Wash the apples, remove the seed capsule. Cut the fruits into 6 pieces and stuff them into the settled duck carcass. Sew up the exit hole using a thick needle and strong thread.

8. Preheat the oven to 200-210 degrees. Place the bird in a roasting pan or baking dish with the breast side up. Send to bake for 2-2.5 hours. During this time, you need to open the oven several times and pour the fat that floats on the bottom over the duck. If the meat starts to burn on top, cover the pan with a sheet of food foil folded several times.

9. After cooking, remove the duck from the mold, remove the threads, remove the foil wrapping from the legs and wings, remove the apples with a spoon and cut the meat into pieces.

Bon appetit!