"Duck" (بط)

This is a special dish which I admire.
Such an irresistable extra delicious dish!



Ingredients needed:

1 kg onions then mince it.

Raisins.

Ghee.

1 medium onion.

Salt and Pepper.

1 orange.

1 lemon.

1 tbsp tomato paste.

Oil.

Cardamom and gum mastic. (حبهان و مستكة)

We have to prepare 2 things in order to get our dish.

First the stuffing, then the dressing.

Directions to prepare the Stuffing:

1. Mince 1 kg of onions and fry it in 3 tbsp ghee in a skillet on medium high heat.
2. Keep stirring until the onions become brown.
3. At the end add some raisins (not too many), season with salt and pepper and stir again, then remove from stove.

Directions to prepare the dressing:

1. Squeeze 1 orange, 1 lemon, add 1 tbsp tomato paste, 5 tbsp oil.
2. Season with salt and pepper and mix all well.

Directions to cook the duck:

1. Boil water in a big pot, add 1 onion, 3 cardamom, and 3 gum mastic. (حبهان و مستكة)
2. Rub the duck inside outside with flour and salt, then wash with water.
3. Stuff the duck with the minced onions.
4. Stitch it at the neck and at the bottom.
5. When water gets to boiling, add the duck and half cover it with the lid.
6. It would take 1 hour on a medium heat. Remove when it's fully cooked. You can check by inserting a knife in the meat, if it still releases water out, then it's not yet fully done.
7. Preheat the oven on 375 F.
8. Remove Duck when it's fully cooked from pot and put in a baking dish (Pyrex) and brush it from all sides with the dressing.
9. Put in oven uncovered and check after 15-20 minutes, if the side facing up is brownish and fried, then turn it on the other side for another 15 minutes.
10. At last remove from oven and cut the duck in the middle from neck going down to its bottom.
11. Get the stuffing out and put in a serving side dish. You can also put it in the middle of a big serving dish and cut the duck into 4 quarters and put the quarters around the stuffing.

Tip:

The onion stuffing gives the duck-meat a very delicious taste!

We can use the duck's soup in making "Molokheyya".

Enjoy your meal!