Whole Roast Duck with Cherry Sauce

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2019

Rich and dark inside and out, duck is—as Julia Child once said—“a bird of a different feather entirely.” That's also true when it comes to cooking it properly.

SERVES 4

TIME 3 hours, plus 6 hours salting

Whole Roast Duck with Cherry Sauce

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The qualities that make duck special to eat—it contains all dark meat that's rich in flavorful fat—also make it a challenge to cook well. We began by trimming the bird thoroughly of excess fat around the neck and cavity, and then scored the...

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