Usually on the eve of the holiday we beginto find out new interesting recipes for the upcoming party. I would like to pleasantly surprise guests with something new and show off their culinary talent. It so happened that most often from the bird is preparing a chicken. But today we suggest that you step back a little from the usual direction and prepare another treat. Let's bring a little variety. We will share a few recipes for the most delicious dishes, in which the duck will be used. In honey-mustard sauce, it is especially tasty.

Duck in honey-mustard sauce

The combination of products such as honey and mustard, alreadyin itself is unusual. But in fact, this marinade will give a beautiful crust to the bird, add piquant taste and flavor to the meat. Duck in mustard sauce is prepared very simply and does not require special culinary skills.

You will need:

• carcass of duck;
• salt pepper;
• 2 tablespoons each. honey (liquid) and mustard.

How to cook:

Wash the duck well and dry it. Mix the salt and pepper and grate the bird well inside and out. If desired, you can add your favorite spices. In a separate bowl, stir the mustard with honey and grease the duck with this marinade (inside too).

Tray a little oil, lay onhis duck and sent to the oven (180-200 ° C). Periodically water the carcass with excreting fat, it will be in plenty on a baking sheet. Duck in a honey-mustard sauce should be covered with a beautiful appetizing brownish crust. Then it can be checked for readiness. Pierce the meat in several places, if there is no blood - the bird is ready. The preparation will take about an hour or a little more.

Duck in honey and orange sauce

An unusual duck recipe in honey sauce with orange peel, but it will certainly suit you to taste. We will add a little garlic with ginger, so that the flavor and flavor are more spicy.

You will need:

• 1 kg of duck meat;
• 1 lemon;
• ½ orange;
• 3 clove of garlic;
• 2 tablespoons honey;
• vegetable oil;
• 1 tbsp each apple cider vinegar and soy sauce;
• some fresh ginger, salt and pepper.

How to cook:

We will wash the meat and dry it. Natur with a mixture of pepper and salt. We lay out on a lightly oiled baking tray and bake in the oven at 200 ° C for an hour.

In the meantime, prepare the sauce. Finely ginger cut (3 cm pieces are enough), garlic and orange peel. We will heat the frying pan, add a spoonful of oil and fry it with ginger and garlic. Add honey, and when it becomes liquid, add the vinegar and zest. Hold on for another three minutes, stirring constantly. Let's eat soy sauce, squeezed lemon juice and a couple tablespoons of water. We'll cook another 5 minutes.

We put the meat of the duck in the prepared sauce and hold it on the fire for a short while to absorb it. Duck in honey sauce is ready, you can invite to the table.

Duck with apples in honey-mustard sauce

This dish will look great on the Christmas table. No difficulties in its preparation, no, and a duck in mustard sauce, and even with apples - just delicious.

You will need:

• the whole duck;
• 2 tablespoons each. honey and mustard;
• 3 apples (sour);
• salt, pepper, turmeric.

How to cook:

We'll wash the bird and carefully finish it. Mix the salt, pepper and ½ tsp. turmeric. With this mixture we rub the carcass inside and out.

We cut the apples into slices and stuff them with a duck. The edge of the skin is fastened with a toothpick. It remains our bird to grease a mixture of mustard and honey.

Send the bird to the oven for one hour. Periodically water the duck with a prominent fat. The more often you do it, the more beautiful it will turn out to be a crust.

Duck with dried apricots, prunes and apples

Such a duck in a honey-mustard sauce will be an ornament of any holiday. Fruits will nourish it with their fragrances, and mustard sauce with honey will give a completely unusual note of taste.

You will need:

• the whole duck;
• 2-3 unsweetened apples;
• 100 grams of dried apricots and prunes;
• 2 tablespoons each. mustard and honey;
• salt, pepper and favorite spices.

How to cook:

We'll wash the birdie and dry the towel. Mix the dry spices with the salt and well rub them our bird. For the filling we mix: chopped apples, dried apricots and prunes. With this mixture fill the belly of the bird and fix the skin with a toothpick. Carefully miss the whole carcass with a mixture of honey and mustard. We send it to the oven for an hour. Do not forget to water the duck from time to time with grease. After about an hour or a half a dish - a duck in a honey-mustard sauce - will be ready.

Enjoy your meal!