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🍽️ Crispy Duck with Sweet Pears

977 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 small duck (approx. 1.2 kg, ready for the kitchen)
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 4 small pears
• 30 g butter
• 0.25 tsp cinnamon
• 1 vanilla pod

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the duck under running water.
2. 2. Pat the meat completely dry with a kitchen towel.
3. 3. Rub the outer and inner surfaces generously with salt and pepper.
4. 4. Slice the vanilla pod lengthwise.
5. 5. Scrape out the seeds (caviar) using the back of a knife.
6. 6. Mix the vanilla seeds thoroughly with the butter.
7. 7. Coat the duck evenly with the vanilla butter mixture.
8. 8. Place the duck breast-side down in a roasting pan.
9. 9. Pour about 150 milliliters of water into the pan.
10. 10. Roast the duck in the preheated oven at 160 degrees Celsius for 35 minutes.
11. 11. Turn the duck so that the breast side is now facing up.
12. 12. Increase the oven temperature to 250 degrees Celsius.
13. 13. Roast the duck for another 15 minutes.
14. 14. Baste the duck several times with the pan juices during the roasting time.
15. 15. Peel the pears 15 minutes before the end of the cooking time.
16. 16. Place the peeled pears into the roasting pan.
17. 17. Sprinkle cinnamon over the pears.
18. 18. Season the pears lightly with salt and pepper.
19. 19. Remove the finished duck from the oven.
20. 20. Arrange the duck together with the pears on a large platter.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 977
• Protein: 69 g · Fett/Fat: 71 g · Carbs: 19 g