Green Peppercorn Duck
Green Peppercorn Duck, a duck recipe with simple ingredients and a clear step-by-step method. Home cooking from the Soumac recipe library.
Green Peppercorn Duck
Ingredients
- 1 (4-lb) duckling
- 2 tb Salt
- 2 qt Water
- 1/2 c Chopped onion
- 1/2 c Chopped celery
- 1 Garlic clove; minced
- 1 Bay leaf
- 2 ts Butter or margarine
- 2 ts Flour
- 1/2 ts Ground star anise
- 1 tb Green peppercorns in wine
Method
- Salt Remove backbone from duck and quarter or bone duck, reserving backbone and giblets for broth.
- Place salt in deep saucepan, add duck pieces and cook 20 minutes.
- Remove duck, place in shallow casserole and bake at 350F 45 minutes, increasing heat to 375F during last 10 minutes.
- Combine giblets, backbone and water in saucepan, cover and bring to boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer 2 hours.
- Skim off fat.
- Add onion, celery, garlic and bay leaf to broth, cover and simmer 20 minutes.
- Strain.
- Melt butter in saucepan, stir in flour and cook 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add broth and cook until slightly thickened.
- Add star anise and green peppercorns and season to taste with salt.
- Serve sauce over duck.
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