Transform your Sunday lunch with Mary Berry's slow-roasted duck with a Port & cherry sauce, as seen on her BBC series, Classic. 1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan/Gas 7. 2. Sit the duck, breast side up, on a trivet in a roasting tin and dry the skin with kitchen paper – the drier it is the crisper the cooked skin will be.
To make slow roasted duck with crispy skin, sprinkle a whole duck with salt and pepper, and tie the legs. Roast it in a low oven at 300F for three hours, then raise the heat to crisp the skin and finish it off. 1. Prep and Roast Simple is the word here!
Raise the heat to 425F and roast for 15-20 minutes, or until the skin is golden brown. Remove the duck from the oven and let it rest while you make the sauce. In a medium sauce pan, combine the port, raspberry jam, and balsamic vinegar with the orange slices which were under the duck. Add a couple of dashes of chipotle powder.
Heat the reserved duck fat in a medium saucepan and fry the shallots over a medium-high heat for 4–5 minutes until lightly golden but not burnt. Pour in the port, wine and stock, then raise the heat and allow to bubble for 5–10 minutes until reduced by a third. 6. Add the jelly and vinegar, then strain the sauce and discard the shallots.