Duck with Apples
- 1 duck (about 6 lb)
- 1-2 tbsp mustard
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1,5 cup white wine
- 5 sour apples
- 10 potatoes for garnish
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Place the duck in cold salty water for an hour. Drain off the water.
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Grease the duck outside and from within with mustard and leave overnight in the refrigerator covered with plastic wrap.
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De-core and peel the apples. Cut the apple into slices and stuff the duck with them. Sew up the duck with thread. Coat the outside of the duck with honey.
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Place the duck into a baking pan and add the white wine to the pan.
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Bake the duck in an oven 1-1.5 hours depending on the size of the duck at 350F. During this time, rotate the duck in the oven and check that the skin has blushed.
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Add water to pan when the duck starts to formed fat. If the skin on a duck starts to burn, cover with it with foil.
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30 minutes prior to readiness of a duck lay in the peeled potatoes. Bake the potatoes until they are soft.
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Check to ensure that the duck has reached the safe internal temperature before removing from the oven. Pull out the thread from the duck.
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Take out from inside of the duck the apples and cut the duck into serving portions.
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Arrange the potatoes and apples around the duck and serve.

