Free Recipe Mallard with Turnips

Recipe Type: Free Poultry Recipes
Recipe Preparation: cook
Cooking Temperature:
Recipe Serves: 4

Ingredients for Mallard with Turnips Recipe

2 Ducks, ready to cook 1
1/2 Bay leaves
1 ts Pepper
1/4 ts Rosemary
1 tb Olive oil, light

Mallard with Turnips Preparation

Directions: Preheat oven to 350. Season duck cavities and prick skin once on breast, back and thighs. Melt butter and oil in heavy casserole dish on stove top. Brown ducks on all sides over medium flame. Remove from fire. Make herb bouquet in cheesecloth with parsley, rosemary, bay leaf and thyme. Pour butter and fat off ducks, sprinkle with salt and pepper, add herb bouquet and cover dish to cook for 1 hour. Ducks are best medium rare; prick breast and stop cooking when expressed juice is pale rose. Yellow means well-done (dry). Cook peeled turnips in salted water for 8 minutes, halved. Add to dish at 40 minutes. Continue basting both turnips and duck for 20 minutes more. Suggestions: French bread, red Burgundy, hot turnips and rare duck.

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