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Servings: 4 servings

Mallard à l'Orange

You have probably heard of duck à l'orange - here in a version made with mallard. The duck is served together with a delicious orange-ginger sauce, pearl onions & turnips.
Author: Redaktion
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Danish
Keyword: Dinner, Fall, Food For Guests, Gray Duck, oven food, Wild
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

Gray Duck

  • 2 pcs. Gray Duck large
  • 27 gram Olive Oil
  • 1 pcs. Orange organic
  • 4 sprigs Fresh thyme
  • 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
  • 4 sprigs Sage Leaves
  • Salt and Pepper from mill

Orange ginger sauce with pearl onions and turnips

  • 40 pcs. Pearl Onions
  • 12-14 pcs. Turnips medium
  • 7 pcs. Orange organic
  • 50-80 gram Fresh ginger
  • 84 gram Honey
  • 1 pcs. Garlic whole
  • 50 gram Butter cut into small cubes
  • 7 gram Peppercorns Sichuan peppercorns
  • 1 pcs. Lemon
  • Salt

Instructions

Mallard

  • Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius (392 degrees Fahrenheit).
  • Rub the mallards with olive oil, season with salt and pepper, and brown them in the oven for 10 minutes.
  • Turn off the oven and let the ducks "rest" in the oven's residual heat for 5 minutes.
  • Take the ducks out and let them rest for 10 minutes before carving.
  • Cut the breasts and thighs from the carcass.
  • Remove the skin from the breasts and discard.
  • Place the breasts and thighs in a greased ovenproof pan.
  • Slice the orange with the peel and lay the slices over each breast, then sprinkle with thyme, rosemary, sage, and salt and pepper.

Orange-Ginger Sauce with Pearl Onions and Turnips

  • Peel the pearl onions and turnips.
  • Squeeze the juice from the oranges.
  • Peel the ginger and run it through a juicer.
  • Mix the ginger and orange juice with honey in a pot and slowly reduce to a quarter.
  • Chop the garlic and slice the turnips into 1 cm slices.
  • Put the garlic, turnips, and pearl onions in the juice and steam them tender for about 10-12 minutes.
  • Finish with butter cubes and season with Sichuan pepper, lemon juice, and salt.

Serving

  • Place the pan in the oven under the grill for 4-5 minutes just before serving.
  • Take out the pan and pour the orange-ginger sauce over.