Normandy Duck Recipe
Serves 4
Serves 4
2 mallard, oven-ready
350g/12oz desert apples, peeled, cored and sliced
2tsp lemon juice
3 cloves
Salt and pepper
2 tbsp Calvados
225g/8oz crème fraiche
Lace the mallard breast side down on a rack in a roasting tin and cook for one-and-a-half hours at 200ºC/400ºF/gas mark6. Turn the birds over for the final 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, place the apples in a saucepan with a little water, lemon juice and cloves. Cook until soft, remove the cloves, then liquidise or push through a sieve.
Strain any fat from the roasting tin, add the apple, seasoning, Calvados and crème fraiche and heat through.
Carve the duck and serve the sauce separately.
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