how to cook a crispy duck..

[pompeycol]

have a duck in the freezer, never cooked a duck before .... love crispy duck and pancakes,,, please give me a lovely recipie for me to have a go to do it.. thanx..

[crisgal]

wash and dry duck.
put on rack over a roasting tray.
cook for 4-5 hours (yep, 4-5!) depending on size
shred with two forks.
easy peasy lemon squeezy! (and works every time!)

serve with pancakes, hoi-si sauce, cucumber and spring onion!

[crisgal]

at 160 fan oven

[hollie1586]

stab the skin all over!

[mccfluff]

i swear and this is true my nan used to blow up the skn with an old bicycle pump and then leave it to dry, something do so with getting the skin really crispy

[ummmm]

I watched one of those travelling cooks programmes and in China they actually deep fried it.

[crisgal]

i used to work in a chinese restaurant and was shown how to cook one the proper way.
i did it once for our Christmas dinner.
My god what a palava!!
drying, basting, poaching, hanging, then deep frying - it took two days of attention.
i swear -the first time i tried the above recipe (nigella's of course), i was amazed. You don't prick it or salt it or rub with anything at all.
The most prep you can do is trim off the flap of fat in the cavity if you can be bothered.
Don't be tempted to tak it out too early though, you need to be able to knock on it and get a nice sound.

[vodkancoke]

Pour boiling water over it before you cook it. It crisps up the skin according to Ken Hom!

[crisgal]

did you try it pompeycol?