Salmis De Canards Sauvages - Duck, Hunter'S Style
- 2 ducks
- salt and pepper
- 2 2 cups veal stock or 2 cups water
- 12 mushrooms, sliced
- 3 tomatoes, sliced
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon other fat
- 1/2 cup madeira wine or 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon rind
- Mushroom Sauce
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/4 lb mushroom, sliced
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1/2 1/2 cup milk or 1/2 cup cream
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- To make the sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan; add mushrooms and cook about five minutes.
- Blend in flour.
- Add chicken broth gradually, cook until thickened, stirring constantly; add seasonings.
- Preheat oven to 400u0b0F.
- Clean ducks thoroughly and wipe inside and out with a damp cloth.
- Cut off the wings, legs and breasts; sprinkle remaining carcasses with salt and pepper and bake in oven for six minutes.
- Remove carcasses from the oven and mash them.
- Place in a saucepan; add stock, mushrooms, tomatoes and onions and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add butter and remaining duck parts; season with salt and pepper and cook briskly for five minutes.
- Add wine, mushroom sauce and lemon rind.
- Remove ducks and strain sauce and skim fat.
- Combine ducks and strained sauce and cook together until tender, about 15 minutes.
- Serve with the sauce.
salt, veal stock, mushrooms, tomatoes, onion, butter, madeira wine, lemon rind, mushroom sauce, butter, mushroom, flour, milk, salt, pepper
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/salmis-de-canards-sauvages-duck-hunters-style-243227 (may not work)