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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 26 Minutes |
Ready In: 46 Minutes Servings: 24 |
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Ingredients:
2 (5 lb) ducks |
2 teaspoons salt |
2 tablespoons black peppercorns, cracked |
6 cups rendered duck or 6 cups pork fat |
12 cloves garlic, peeled |
12 fresh thyme sprigs |
Directions:
1. Remove ducks' legs and breasts, saving remaining bones and wings for brown duck stock.
2. Leaving bones and skin attached, chop breasts into halves.
3. With a cleaver, remove tips of drumsticks to use in stock.
4. Sprinkle all over with salt and pepper, and set aside at room temperature 45 minutes.
5. Then place duck pieces in a Dutch oven with rendered fat, garlic and thyme. Cook over low heat, uncovered, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
6. To test for doneness, pierce with a sharp fork.
7. It should just fall off fork when shaken.
8. Transfer duck pieces to a medium baking dish and add the fat. Let cool to room temperature, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 24 hours or as long as 4 weeks.
9. Before serving, lift duck pieces out of fat. Remove and discard skin and any excess fat by warming slightly on a rack in the oven.
10. Serve duck hot or cold.
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