How about changing it? Replace turkey and ham with stuffed duck at Christmas celebrations.
Ingredients
- 1 new duck
- ½ cup lemon juice
- Black pepper to taste
- Salt to taste
Filling Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 1 crushed garlic clove
- 1 grated onion
- Duck liver and gizzard, chopped
- Black pepper to taste
- Salt to taste
- 1 glass of mushrooms, cut into slices.
- Chestnuts
Garrison
- 6 hard pears
- 1 tablespoon of vinegar
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
Preparation Mode
- Cook and peel the chestnuts. Reserve.
- Clean the duck and wash it well.
- Season inside and out with the mixture of pepper, salt and lemon juice.
- Prepare the filling by heating the butter.
- Add the garlic, onion, giblets, season with pepper and salt and fry until golden.
- Gradually add water for cooking.
- Add the mushrooms and sauté for a few more minutes.
- Add the chestnuts and remove from the heat.
- Preheat the oven to 200ºC.
- Stuff the duck and sew up the openings.
- Place on a baking tray, grease with butter and cover with aluminum foil.
- Bake for approximately 1 hour.
- Afterwards, remove the paper and let it brown.
- Prepare the garnish: wash the pears.
- Place in a pan and cover with cold water.
- Add the vinegar and cook over low heat, without boiling, keeping them perfect.
- Remove the pears, cut them and, if you prefer, brown them in butter with sugar.
Mom Tips
You can add raisins to the garnish.
Serve as a main dish.
Approximate yield of 8 servings.
Know that duck meat is very common in French cuisine.
Source: https://www.receitasdemae.com.br/receitas/pato-recheado/