To start off my new blog I decided to enter a cooking challenge featuring one of my favorite foods, duck! A fun blog, http://alattewithotta.blogspot.com/ is hosting a monthly challenge and January’s sponsor is Maple Leaf Farms.

So last weekend I headed over to my Publix supermarket and picked up a 1/2 Maple Leaf Farms duck along with some fresh raspberries, green beans and risotto.

Print Recipe

Five Spice Duck with Raspberry Sauce

Ingredients

1 package Maple Leaf Farms half roasted duck defrosted
1-2 tbsp Chinese Five Spice
3 tbsp butter

Raspberry Sauce:

1/2 cup OJ
1 cup raspberries fresh or frozen
2 tbs butter
Salt/pepper

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Place defrosted duck in a baking dish.
Rub the front and bottom of the duck with Chinese Five Spice seasoning.
Dot the pan with 3 tbsp butter.
Bake according to package: 15-20 minutes until warmed (duck is fully cooked) and skin crisp.
Pour melted butter drippings over the skin then glaze with raspberry sauce.
To serve, cut duck in two portions and plate along with risotto and green beans.

For the Raspberry Sauce:

Cook OJ and raspberries together in pot on simmer until reduced.
Strain sauce then add back to pan, turn down to med-low and mix in butter and season with salt/pepper.
Serve warm, glazed over duck.

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For The Love of Food Blog

This is a fully cooked Maple Leaf Farms roasted half duck that has been partially boned.

So simple to cook and plenty for two people!

I placed in a baking dish, rubbed the front and back with Chinese Five Spice (to create a flavorful, crispy skin) and dotted the pan with 3 tbsp butter.