Salmis of Wild Duck

Name: Salmis of Wild Duck
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1½ cups red wine; 4 young ducks, including the livers; 3 slices toast soaked in stock and squeezed dry; 1 onion, chopped; 5 juniper berries, crushed; 3 ounces unsmoked bacon, chopped (about ½ cup); 2 tablespoons butter; 1 clove, crushed; salt and pepper; 1 stalk celery, chopped; 1 bay leaf

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Game Cookbook

By Clarissa Dickson Wright and Johnny Scott

Published 2004

About

This is a good dish to make if you have a mixed bag of different duck.

Ingredients

4 young ducks, including the livers
3 ounces unsmoked bacon, chopped (about ½

Main course
Winter
Autumn

Method

Season the ducks and roast in a preheated oven at 425°F for 30-40 minutes, until they are browned and tender. When they are cool enough to handle, quater the ducks, and cut away the rib cages.

Transfer all the roasting juices i