cooking a duck, what are your favorite ways?

[Arduinna]

I'm cooking a duck this week, just wondering what your favorite ways of cooking one are?

[cristeen]

Any way that yields crispy skin. I believe ive done the epicurious honey roasted duck recipe.

This would be the time to invest in a basting bulb if you dont have one. My last duck yielded me almost a quart of fat.

[SoulCakes]

Ooh, duck. I like to roast mine, first pricking the skin all over and pouring boiling water over the skin to start melting the fat. Then I pop it on a roasting pan (the kind with the grill that sits on top so the duck gets nice and crisp and the juice pools at the bottom. I also love to cut some new potatoes in half, boil them for a few minutes, and pop them in the roasting pan under the duck so they can cook in the duck fat. So, so good.

[CherryBomb]

Roast, definitely, and reserve that gorgeous duck fat! Either use right away with the rest of the meal (like veggies) or render it for later use.