Christmas Chinese 5 spice & Cherry Glazed Whole Roasted Duck Glazed with Pear & Fennel – By Tim Bone
Tim Bone shares his magical Christmas in July recipe for you to cook at home! Delicious Chinese 5 Spice Cranberry Glazed Whole Roasted Duck with Pear and Fennel.
Ingredients
- 1 whole Luv-A-Duck Duck
- 1 x 275g jar Whole Cranberry Sauce
- 1 tbsp Chinese 5 spice powder
- Salt
- Pepper
- ¼ cup water
- 4 pears, cored and quartered
- 1 large fennel bulb, cored and cut into wedges
Method
- Pre-heat oven to 190°
- Lay pear and fennel in a large baking dish and season with salt and pepper. This will act as a trivet for the duck.
- To make the glaze, in a small saucepan, add the cranberry sauce, 5 spice powder, a good pinch of salt and pepper and the water.
- Over medium heat, stir until the glaze has warmed through and becomes smooth.
- Remove from the heat.
- Pat duck dry well with paper towel and place on top of the fennel and pear.
- Using a pastry brush, glaze the duck all overusing half of the glaze.
- Roast in the oven for 1 hr. 20 min – 1 hr. 30 min depending on the size of the duck.
- Halfway through cooking time, glaze duck with the rest of the glaze mix.
- Allow to rest for 15 minutes before carving.
- Serve with the roasted pear and fennel as a delicious side dish!