Long Island Duck with Grapefruit
- 2 Duck, duck long island, (about five pounds each)
- 2 each grapefruit
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 13 cup vinegar red wine
- 3 cups duck stock or veal stock
- 1 x vegetables blanched
- Note: An assortment of blanched vegetables should be used as garnish for this dish.
- You might consider using green beans, asparagus, broccoli, or julienne of carrots, zucchini, turnips, tied into bundles with strips of blanched leek Place the duck, uncovered, in the refrigerator for 4 days to dry out the skin.
- Preheat the oven to 500 F. Cut off the tail and excess neck skin from the ducks and remove all excess fat.
- Place the ducks, breasts up on a rack in a roasting pan.
- Tuck wing tips under.
- Roast until crisp and well browned, about 1 hour.
- With a sharp paring knife, remove a thin slice from the top and bottom of each grapefruit, then remove the skin of the fruit in long strips.
- Set aside.
- Cutting between the membrane, cut the grapefruit into sections and set aside.
- Place the sugar and wine vinegar in a heavy-bottomed saucepan.
- Cook over medium high heat until the vinegar has evaporated and the sugar has caramelized lightly.
- Carefully add the stock and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Simmer at low boil for 5 minutes.
- Add grapefruit skins to the mixture and simmer 3 minutes longer.
- Strain the mixture into a clean saucepan and simmer until reduced enough to coat a spoon lightly.
- Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper and keep it warm.
- Transfer the duck to a work surface.
- Run a sharp knife under the wishbone at the front of the duck's breast, then carefully slip the knife between each breast half and carcass.
- Remove the breasts, and then take off the legs and thighs in one piece.
- Lightly coat a warm serving plate with the sauce.
- Place the duck over the sauce and arrange the grapefruit sections, overlapping, on top.
- Garnish with blanched vegetables as desired, and serve, passing the rest of the sauce around separately.
sugar, vinegar red wine, duck stock, vegetables blanched
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/long-island-duck-grapefruit-39296 (may not work)