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Ducks with Pancetta Stuffing and Cranberry Sauce

  • Preparation : 25 minutes
  • Cooking : 205 minutes
  • Portions : 8

Ingredients

  • 2 Brome Lake Ducks whole ducks
  • 1 onion, quartered
  • 1 carrot, sliced
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 bay leaf
  • For the stuffing:
  • 1 175 g pack of diced cooked pancetta
  • 4 cups (1 litre) white sandwich bread, diced
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) white wine
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) dried cranberries
  • 1 tablespoon (15 ml) garlic, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons (10 ml) fresh rosemary, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • For the sauce:
  • 1 348 ml can whole berry cranberry sauce
  • 1 348 ml can jellied cranberry sauce
  • 1 cup (250 ml) duck stock or chicken broth
  • 2/3 cup (160 ml) orange juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon (1.25 ml) Cayenne pepper
  • Salt to taste

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C).

  2. Rinse the outer skin of the ducks with cold water, then pat dry with paper towels.

  3. In a bowl, mix stuffing ingredients. Stuff both ducks, then truss them.

  4. Place ducks in a roasting pan, breasts side up. Insert a cooking thermometer into the thickest part of one of the thighs, without touching the bone. Place onion, carrot, garlic cloves and bay leaf around the ducks.

  5. In a saucepan, mix sauce ingredients. Bring to a boil, then pour over the ducks.

Wine Suggestion

Aromatic and robust

With their intense colour, these full-bodied wines exude powerful and complex fruit and spice aromas, occasionally accompanied by woody notes. They have a good tannic structure and a velvety mouthfeel.

Product category: red wine.

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