Slow-roasted Duck with Spiced Sour Cherry Sauce
Elegant, nourishing and easy to prepare, slow-roasted duck with sour cherry sauce is one of those simple dishes that can speak volumes.
Ingredients
for the Slow-roasted Duck:
- 1 pasture-raised Duck
- ¼ cup salted butter
- fine sea salt (to taste)
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 cup white wine (or Cherry Wine if Serving with Sour Cherry Sauce)
for Spiced Sour Cherry Sauce:
- 2 cups Frozen Sour Cherries (Pitted)
- 2 Shallots
- 2 tablespoon salted butter
- 1 ceylon cinnamon stick
- 2 star anise pods
- 2 tablespoon Honey
Instructions
for Preparing the duck
- Rinse the duck well and pat it dry.
- With a blunt butter knife, gently separate the skin of the breast from the meat.
- Spread ghee (see why ghee is such a wholesome fat) or butter between the skin and meat of the duck breast.
- Slather the remaining ghee or butter along the skin of the duck's breast, legs and thighs.
- Stuff the duck's cavity with the sweet, yellow onion.
- Pour the wine into the roasting pan and roast the duck at 325 º F for 4 hours.
- Increase the temperature to 375 º F for ½ hour.
- Allow to rest before carving and serving with sour cherry sauce (recipe follows).
for Preparing Spiced Sour Cherry Sauce:
- Heat ghee or butter in a pan over medium-high heat.
- Fry the shallots until they're well caramelized.
- Add the sour cherries and spices and reduce the heat to medium.
- Once the cherries are heated through, add the honey.
- Allow the sauce to simmer until slightly syrupy.
- Serve with roast duck or roast pork.
