How to learn to cook a delicious wild duck 🍗

Kitchen appliances and utensils:

• pan with a lid;
• pan with a lid;
• cutting board;
• kitchen knife;
• beaker.

Ingredients

Step cooking

1. From the carcasses of wild ducks, pluck feathers on the body and half of the wings (in length). Feathers pluck against their growth. To remove the down cover, burn the ducks with a blowtorch or gas burner. Cut off the head, chop off the wings with feathers and legs. Incise the peritoneum of the bird and remove all internal organs. Cut the tail glands. Rinse the ducks well. Soak in water for 8-10 hours. Add 9% vinegar to the table, at the rate of 1 tablespoon per 1 liter of water. This will help get rid of the taste (especially duck duck). Water should completely cover the carcasses. Soaking is used to remove a specific taste from the meat.
   
2. In a saucepan, bring to a boil 2-2.5 liters of drinking water. Put 1 peeled onion, 1 peeled small carrot and 8-10 peas of black pepper in boiling water. Put 1 teaspoon of table salt. If you want, add 1-2 bay leaves and 4-5 peas of allspice (not specified in the recipe).
   
3. Place the game in the pan. Cover and cook over low heat for about 2-2.5 hours. Ready duck meat should be soft, keep up with bones and easily pierced with a fork. If the carcass has not cooked in 2.5 hours, increase the cooking time.
   
4. Remove the finished duck from the broth (it can be used to prepare the first dish). Allow to cool.
   
5. Disassemble the bird by separating the breast meat, legs, the rest of the meat from the bones. Try to remove meat in large pieces, it will be more convenient for further cooking.
   
6. Heat 60-80 ml of vegetable oil in a pan well. Put the duck meat in the pan.
   
7. Sauté the duck slices until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes on each side.
   
8. Try the meat on salt, if necessary, salt more. Pepper the meat to taste. Add 1 pinch of dried basil greens. You can add other herbs and spices from your favorites. Put 1 tablespoon of mustard seeds and 2 tablespoons of hot ketchup in a pan. If you don’t like spicy dishes, replace ketchup with a more neutral one to taste. Add 2-3 cloves of garlic crushed in a garlic press (grated on a fine grater).
   
9. Mix the contents of the pan well until the dressing is evenly distributed over all pieces of meat. Fry the meat for another 2-3 minutes. If you want to get more sauce, grate the boiled carrots from the broth on a coarse grater, put it in the meat, add 100-120 ml of meat broth, mix and simmer for 3-5 minutes.
   
10. Serve cooked game with mashed potatoes, boiled, fried potatoes, rice, buckwheat, salads.
    

Video recipe

You will see the detailed technology (cooking and roasting of game) in the video material presented below. A skilled housewife shows and explains in detail all the stages of cooking a wild duck.