A Nice Winter Celebration Was Had By All :)

[the_aspie_zoo]

I roasted a small duck (first time I've ever done that) and a small turkey breast for Christmas Day dinner. Kept it fairly simple, just stuffed the duck with orange quarters and salted-peppered the inside and out. Similar for the turkey, sans the orange slices and added a tiny amount of olive oil to keep it moist and from burning. Had roasted

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[merlinpole]

What did you do, if anything, to prevent the duck from being greasy (e.g., roast at high temperature initially, boil first, or what...)?

[the_aspie_zoo]

umm, actually I just emptied the broiler pan every thirty or forty minutes (or when I heard the fat sizzling in the bottom) and that kept it from being either greasy or too fatty. Came out tender and moist, too. :)

Oh! And I pricked the top layer of skin all over before putting it into the oven. I read somewhere that that allows the fat to drain out in the natural way of things and it doesn't get stuck inside the bird making it unnecessarily greasy or fatty. Just used a small sharp parring knife to prick it all over.

I realized I have lost, misplaced or loaned out my one good small roaster, too. Will have to do a more thorough search for it--or replace it--before I do that again. I think.