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Tips From the Experts

POSTED: 07/07/2023

Make cooking duck easy by following tips and tricks from our experts who range from master chefs to professors at culinary institutes. With their diverse backgrounds and expertise, their helpful hints will help you make any duck dish and experience you won’t soon forget!

Today's focus is on our Maple Leaf Farms Duck Breast, Whole Duck and Duck Legs. Checkout our favorite tips for these items:

DUCK BREAST

  • Use a cool pan – Helps with crispy skin
  • Score and Render – Helps with rendering fat
  • Duck Fat Sides – Save rendered duck fat for sides
  • Grilled Duck Breast – Helps cook faster and less flare ups
  • Duck Cracklings – Use unused skin to create side

WHOLE DUCK

  • Carving – Follow carving instructions here!
  • Cut Up – Follow step-by-step video
  • Crispy Skin – Season with paprika rub and cook in broiler
  • Timing – Butterfly a whole duck

DUCK LEGS

  • Confit – Slowly cook duck legs in its rendered fat

Duck is a favorite protein among culinary professionals. While it is not hard to prepare, it never hurts to heed the advice of experts who now how to prepare it to perfection.

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