Baked duck with apples in the sleeve

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake a duck with apples in the sleeve? Let's prepare the ingredients. The duck is best complemented by sour apples (if you like, apples can be replaced with quince, it will also give the necessary sourness). Wash the duck carcass thoroughly and dry it.

2. STEP 2

   

   Pour salt, ground pepper, ground bay leaf into a bowl. Everything is to taste, you can not add something at all or add and complement it yourself, but the main thing is to maintain a balance - don’t overdo it! Mayonnaise and apples will also add their own flavor to the duck.

3. STEP 3

   

   Rub the duck well with spices inside and out. Place in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. If desired, add pieces of garlic under the skin, making slits. I prefer duck without garlic.

4. STEP 4

   

   Before removing the duck from the refrigerator, turn on the oven at 180 degrees so that it has time to heat up, cut the apples into quarters, removing the core. There is no need to sprinkle with lemon, they are already sour, their taste is enough for a duck.

5. STEP 5

   

   Taking the carcass out of the refrigerator, rub it well with mayonnaise.

6. STEP 6

   

   Stuff the duck with apples.

7. STEP 7

   

   If you want, you can sew the duck closed and secure it with toothpicks. I packed the apples tightly, they sat there tightly, so I didn’t sew them up.

8. STEP 8

   

   Carefully place the carcass in the baking sleeve. We tie the ends tightly on both sides. Attention! The sleeve should be like this - holes for steam to escape from the top, this allows the duck to cook evenly, and the sleeve will not “swell”. Place in our preheated oven. Time approximately 2 hours. At the rate of 40 min-1 hour per 1 kg of poultry. But still look and focus on your ovens.

9. STEP 9

   

   5-7 minutes before the end of cooking, you can tear the sleeve at the top along the seam, just do it with cooking gloves and carefully so as not to get scalded! And put back in the oven for 5 minutes. This is so that there is an appetizing crust.

10. STEP 10

    

    Place the finished duck on a dish and decorate as you wish. The apples inside became soft, but they fulfilled their mission - they made the duck meat soft and juicy, tender and aromatic. Treat your beloved household members and guests) Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Natalia M

22.11.2023

4.7

I was asked to cook a duck for the New Year's table. I chose a recipe with apples and mayonnaise. Only I didn’t have a sleeve and I sealed the carcass with foil. It seems to me that just salt and pepper is enough for the duck, and a thin layer of mayonnaise will provide a golden crust. Moreover, the duck takes a long time to bake and there will be a crust in any case) Inside, I stuffed the carcass with apple slices, and when I was about to put it in the oven, I decided to put mugs of tangerines and chopped pineapple stems left over from another dish on the sides. So I had a bit of an experiment) My duck was homemade, not particularly pampered, I baked it for two hours, then I removed the foil, turned the carcass over and baked for another half an hour until golden brown. In the end, the duck meat turned out soft, this is the most important thing) And it is also aromatic, tangerine also took part in this) The taste of duck meat is specific, a little tart, and I like it. The crust turned out golden brown and not at all greasy. Separately, I want to say about apples. I haven’t tried apples soaked in duck meat juices yet, I liked it, the slices looked like meat) And the duck, soaked in apple juice, became more tender and more aromatic. The recipe is successful, I recommend it.

Maria Cruz

22.11.2023

5

Yummy!!!! Thanks a lot!!! Instead, my option.

mother of a sweet tooth

22.11.2023

4.5

The author did his best! The photo is just from the cover of a glossy magazine! The duck turned out great!

Ella

22.11.2023

4.9

We made your baked duck with apples in the sleeve and liked it, but only without the bay leaves. Thank you!

glavbyx

22.11.2023

4.6

Baked duck with apples in the sleeve turned out to be very tasty... I happily ate the leg and fillet and all the skin

Nastasya

22.11.2023

4.7

I prepared baked duck with apples in the sleeve according to your recipe, only I replaced the mayonnaise with sour cream. It turned out amazing! This delicious, rosy, fragrant duck decorated our New Year's table. True, it won’t take long))) they swept it all away at once!