Christmas Quackers
This recipe for roast duck with crispy bacon, potatoes, and a rich Madeira gravy is sure to impress your guests. The savory aroma of bacon frying in the oven will fill your kitchen as you prepare this delicious main course. The tender duck, flavored with bay leaves, is roasted to perfection, accompanied by golden potatoes and caramelized onions. Finish off this elegant dish by drizzling the flavorful Madeira gravy over the duck and potatoes before serving. Your guests will be delighted by this hearty and flavorful meal.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 3 medium to large Maris Piper potatoes
- 2 onions
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- handful thyme
- 1 x 2.5kg/5lb 8oz duck
- 6 bay leaves
- a wineglass Madeira
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
- Cut the bacon into postage stamp size pieces and fry directly in the roasting tin with a little oil. Add thinly sliced discs of the potatoes, scatter over the sliced onion and tear in the thyme. Fry altogether till the bacon crisps up and the potatoes start to warm through.
- Onto this base lay the duck, stuff it with the bay leaves and roast for 60-90 minutes. Check the duck for doneness. Its juices should be clear without any trace of blood. Remove the tin from the oven, turn the heat up to 220C/425F/Gas 8, and place the duck and potatoes into a new tin or onto a heatproof serving plate, then return it to the oven whilst you make the gravy.
- Put the original roasting tin on the heat and pour in the Madeira. With a wooden spoon dislodge all the crisp caramelised sediments and stir them in to make the gravy. Serve the duck and potatoes with the gravy.
Cook Time
2H
Prep Time
PT30M
Yield
Serves 3-4
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