Duck with cherry sauce  Ingredients:       1 1/4 kilo duck    1 tablespoon butter       1 orange    1/3 cup orange juice       250 g pitted cherries    2 tablespoons brandy       3 tablespoons red jelly    1 tablespoon cornstarch       salt to taste    ground pepper to taste

Preparation:

1- Wash the duck inside and out, pat dry with paper towels. 2- Peel oranges removing white skin and place it in the duck, season, spread it with butter and place in an ovenproof dish. 3- Cover with aluminum foil and put into the oven, preheated to 180°C, 1 hour. 4- Turn over halfway through cooking and remove the foil. 5- Meanwhile, heat a frying pan and add the orange juice, cherries, brandy and jelly. 6- Cook up a few minutes, add cornstarch dissolved in 1 tablespoon water and mix well, cooking it a few minutes without stopping to stir. 7- Finally, five minutes before end of cooking duck, cover with sauce. 8- Remove from oven and serve with chips or rice.

Categories:  Duck, French

Estimated Serving:  4

Estimated preparation time:  90 min.

Language:  English

Shared by:  elaine    2010/09/10