For Christmas

For ChristmasDuck With Cherries and Orange Juice

ingredients:
1 duck 3-5 pounds , clean and skin100 grs . of butter , 1 tablespoon mustard (optional )
seasoning :
1 cup (tea ) beer for every pound of meat , ½ cup (tea ) dry white wine.Salt, pepper to taste1 large onion, chopped 4 cloves garlic, cored2 spoons (soup ) soy sauce ( shoyu ) , to taste Fresh herbs ( parsley, cleavers , sage , basil) , and others to your liking .Leave the duck in the sauce for 12 hours
Other Ingredients:
½ pound of small potatoes and the lowest you can find, cooked3 medium carrots cut into 2 cm slices , cooked2 heads of broccoli , 1 cauliflower1 glass of asparagus and palm background, artichokes, mushrooms , drained and rinsed2 tablespoons butter

Sauce ( Optional )
1 cup (coffee ) of vinegar ,1 cup (tea ) of tomato paste1 cup cold water , 1 cup of orange juice2 spoons (soup ) of brown sugar2 tablespoons potato starch to thicken the sauce .

1 cup of Kirch ( cherry brandy )
Monitoring and Decoration :
1 medium glass of cherries in syrup drained1-2 tablespoons ( soup) of potato starch to thicken the sauce .
Decoration :1 or 2 orange peel cut into strips the length and thin without the white part ( that bitter ) or pieces of 10 centimeters, cooked in syrup.
syrup:
2 cups water , 4 cloves , 3 slices of ginger 1 cinnamon stick3oo gr. sugar .
How to Prepare :Make the syrup by mixing all the ingredients out of the fire .
When not form a very thick syrup , add the strips of orange , leave the fire until they are glazed with respect. Reserve .If you need to add more hot water gradually until it reaches the desired point of cooking
How to Prepare the duck :
Place the whole duck cut the back off the outside force so that it is open .The chest is up. If you choose to cut into several pieces .If you want to make equal to bake whole chicken. Loosen the skin from the breast and thighs , Smear with butter and mustard.
Take to bake at 170 ° C covered with aluminum foil forty minutes for each pound of meat .
IMPORTANT NOTE :
If the old duck is first fried with lard and go putting the hot broth of spices gradually , until softened , before baking .When the duck is new need not aferventar before baking .If you want to put the sauce , stir in half the cooking, and be careful not to burn .
If not using sauce pan add 2 cups of orange juice , bring to a boil . If you want you can thicken with 1 or 2 tablespoons of cornstarch ( cornflour ) .
Separately place the potatoes , carrots, broccoli, or cauliflower passed in butter , and asparagus , sprinkle chopped parsley enough .
Once you place the roast duck in the center of a plate of stainless or ceramic .Over the peel of oranges and cherries around . Or see other decoration suggestions in my blogs .You can add the orange slices decorated with bark .
Note :
When placing the sauce, or orange juice , pass the duck dry form to another , not to mix the flavor .Serve sauce separately .My Blogs :Baudanonna.blogspot.comFacebook Chest of Nonna Antoinette