The New Year's table requires special festive dishes that will decorate the table and will taste beyond praise. Stuffed duck copes with the task of the signature dish. Juicy, with an appetizing golden crust, it will become a real decoration of a feast and will delight the guests, moreover, the filling for it will not be quite ordinary, but special with pomegranate seeds.
It is necessary
- - 1 fresh duck;
- - 200 g of rice;
- - 2 large grenades;
- - 50 g of liquid honey;
- - 1 tsp natural soy sauce;
- - salt to taste;
- - ground pepper to taste.
Instructions
Step 1
Boil rice with 1 pomegranate seeds until half cooked. Peel the second pomegranate and squeeze the juice from its seeds. Combine it with honey and soy sauce, stir well.
Step 2
Gutted duck, rub inside and out with salt and pepper. Stuff the bird with rice filling and sew up the hole with coarse thread or secure with toothpicks.
Step 3
Place the stuffed duck on a baking sheet and brush with a mixture of pomegranate juice and honey, put it in an oven preheated to 200 ° C. At this temperature, bake the bird until golden brown, occasionally brushing it with another portion of pomegranate-honey sauce.
Step 4
After that, make several cuts on the carcass with a sharp knife and continue baking it, reducing the temperature to 160 ° C. In total, the duck will cook in the oven for 1.5-2 hours. Put the finished stuffed poultry on a flat dish and garnish with the guarantors cut into quarters.
