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Honey Roast Duck
If you are looking for something a little bit different to serve for Christmas dinner or Thanksgiving, then why not try this Honey Roast Duck?
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 5 mins
Resting time
10 mins
Total Time
1 hr 35 mins
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 493 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
French , British
Ingredients
- 1.3 kg whole duck
- 1 orange
- 2 tablespoon honey
- 2 sprig thyme whole
- 2 sprig thyme leaves only
- sea salt and ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 220°C/200°C(fan)/430°F/Gas 7.
- Squeeze a little juice from 1 Orange inside 1.3 kg Whole duck and then place two halves of 1 Orange and 2 sprig Thyme into the bird's cavity. Season all over with Sea salt and ground black pepper.
- Place the duck in a roasting tin and put into the oven. Cook for 20 minutes or until the skin begins to crisp, then reduce the heat to 190°C/370°F/Gas 5.
- Cook for a further 40 minutes then remove from the oven. Drizzle 2 tablespoon Honey over the duck and sprinkle over the leaves of 2 sprig Thyme and put back in the oven.
- Baste regularly and check the temperature. When the internal temperature reaches 74° the duck is cooked (this should take around a further 20 minutes).
- Once cooked, remove from the oven and let it rest, uncovered, for 10 minutes before serving.
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Notes
- If duck isn't your thing, then you could use this same recipe for chicken instead.
- Swap the thyme for rosemary if you have some that needs using.
- A couple of cloves of garlic stuffed in to the cavity would add some nice extra flavour.
- Don't waste the juices in the tin after it has finished roasting - use them to make gravy.
- When the duck has finished cooking, it is important to let it rest before carving it, because all the juices will soak into the meat, making it more juicy.
- Don't throw away the carcass, as you can make stock from it. Follow our recipe for Chicken Stock.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1portion
Calories
493kcal
(25%)
Carbohydrates
8g
(3%)
Protein
53g
(106%)
Fat
28g
(43%)
Saturated Fat
12g
(60%)
Sodium
1mg
(0%)
Potassium
36mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
50IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
13.2mg
(15%)
Calcium
10mg
(1%)
Iron
0.2mg
(1%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 493
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1portion | |
| Calories | 493kcal | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 8g | 3% |
| Protein | 53g | 106% |
| Fat | 28g | 43% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Sodium | 1mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 36mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 50IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 13.2mg | 15% |
| Calcium | 10mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.