Mallard With Turnips
Description
This French side-dish features Ducks, ready to cook, Pepper, Olive oil, light. It delivers a pleasant kick of heat. A reliable recipe that works well for everyday cooking. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.Ingredients
Directions
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Directions: Preheat oven to 350.
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Season duck cavities and prick skin once on breast, back and thighs.
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Melt butter and oil in heavy casserole dish on stove top.
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Brown ducks on all sides over medium flame.
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Remove from fire.
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Make herb bouquet in cheesecloth with parsley, rosemary, bay leaf and thyme.
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Pour butter and fat off ducks,
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sprinkle with salt and pepper,
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add herb bouquet and
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cover dish to
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cook for 1 hour.
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Ducks are best medium rare; prick breast and stop cooking when expressed juice is pale rose.
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Yellow means well-done (dry).
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Cook peeled turnips in salted water for 8 minutes, halved.
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Add to dish at 40 minutes.
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Continue basting both turnips and duck for 20 minutes more.
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Suggestions: French bread, red Burgundy, hot turnips and rare duck
Nutrition Facts
Servings 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 154.1kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 6.8g11%
- Saturated Fat 1.0g5%
- Cholesterol 0.0mg0%
- Sodium 6.9mg1%
- Total Carbohydrate 29.0g10%
- Dietary Fiber 10.1g41%
- Sugars 0.0g
- Protein 3.0g6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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