Bacon Wrapped Duck On Roast Veg.

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/2 whole duck
• 8 slices middle smoked bacon
• 3 sprigs fresh parsley (optional)
• 350 g young spring vegetables (carrots, courgettes, sugar snap peas, baby sweetcorn)
• 2 bulbs of garlic, cut in half (optional)
• 5 shallots, peeled
• 8 new baby potatoes
• 100 ml boiling chicken stock
• 1 teaspoon cornflour
• 75 ml dry wine
• 50 g fromage frais

Recipe

• 1 wrap the duck with the bacon and place on a baking tray, cover with foil. then put in the oven for 1 hour 30 minutes at 180.c.
• 2 while that is cooking, spread the vegetables, garlic and shallots out in a shallow oven proof dish and set aside.
• 3 make the sauce - blend the cornflour with the wine and whisk with the fromage frais in a saucepan. add any juices from the duck and vegetables into the sauce and whisk until boiling.
• 4 when the duck has 25 minutes left to cook, pour the stock over the veg and place in the oven with the duck. remove foil from over the duck.
• 5 start cooking your new potatoes as instructed on the packet (simmer for aprox. 20 mins).
• 6 after the 1 hour 30 minutes is up, test if your duck is ready by skewering the bird and looking at the juices that run out, if they are clear, it is ready.
• 7 when cooked, lift the duck onto the roasted veg, place the potatoes next to the duck and garnish with parsley. pour the sauce over the duck.
• 8 enjoy!