Duck in Sweet and Sour Sauce

Name: Duck in Sweet and Sour Sauce (Anitra in Agro Dolce)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons chopped mint; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 450 ml/¾ pt chicken stock or duck stock; 2 large onions, finely sliced; 1 duck, weighing 2 kg/4–5 lb; 30 g/1 oz butter; olive oil; flour; pinch of ground cloves; 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar; 2 large tablespoons of sugar

Anitra in Agro Dolce

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Leaves from The Walnut Tree

By Ann Taruschio and Franco Taruschio

Published 1993

About

Ingredients

1 duck, weighing 2 kg/4–5 lb
2 large onions, finely s

Europe
Italy
Marche
Main course
Mediterranean

Method

Portion the duck into 4 pieces. Sweat the onions in the butter and transfer to a casserole. Season the duck portions with salt and pepper and dip in flour. Shake off excess flour and fry the duck portions in oil. When golden brown transfer to the casserole.

Add the cloves and season with salt