Poultry Recipes - Roast Duck And Plum Sauce

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 - 5 1/2 lb (2-2.5kg) duck

• 1 tbsp (15ml) vegetable oil

• 1/4 cup (60ml) plum sauce

MARINADE

• 1/4 cup (60ml) chicken stock

• 1 tbsp (15ml) brown sugar

• 3 tbsp (45ml) soy sauce

• 2 tbsp (30ml) honey

• 1 tsp (5ml) five-spice powder

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Method:

1. Combine marinade ingredients in a large bowl. Add duck and baste with mixture. Marinate 1 hour. Baste and turn duck every 15 minutes.

2. Drain duck, reserving marinade. Roast duck Chinese style on a rack over a pan or water (see recipe) at 350F (180C) for 2 hours. basting with marinade very 30 minutes.

3. Chop duck into serving pieces and arrange on a serving platter. Heat oil in a saucepan, add plum sauce and heat through. Pour over duck.