Duck in mulled wine marinade
Description
You'll spend a lot of time marinating and baking the duck, but the result will exceed all your expectations. This method works not only for duck legs and wings, but also for duck breast and the whole bird. In the step-by-step recipe, I explained in detail,
Instructions
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Step 1
Rinse the duck meat, pat dry, season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with crushed fresh thyme.
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Step 2
Prepare the remaining ingredients.
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Step 3
Pour the wine into a saucepan, add all the other ingredients for mulled wine. Heat to 80°C, then cool to room temperature.
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Step 4
Pour the duck meat with cooled mulled wine, let it marinate for several hours, or overnight.
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Step 5
Place the marinated meat into a baking dish and pour the strained marinade over it. Bake in the oven at 180 °C for 1.5 hours. Turn the meat a couple of times, basting it with the marinade.
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Step 6
Pour with orange juice when the marinade has reduced by half, and bake for another 15 minutes.
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Step 7
Serve with rice, fresh vegetable salad, and herbs.