Le Canard A La Creme De Cassis (duck)

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 ducks, about 4 lbs. each
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 shallots, minced
• 10 ounces currant jelly
• 1 cup creme de cassis
• 2 cups chicken stock, can use duck stock if you find it
• 1 (8 ounce) can bing cherries, pitted, drained
• wild rice (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425 degrees f.
• 2 place ducks in a shallow roasting pan on a rack.
• 3 roast for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, turning halfway through baking time.
• 4 melt the butter in a skillet and saute the shallots until soft, about 5 minutes.
• 5 add the jelly and creme de cassis and boil until reduced and thickened.
• 6 cut the ducks into serving pieces and arrance on a platter.
• 7 stir the cherries into the sauce and heat thoroughly.
• 8 spoon the sauce over the ducks. serve immediately with wild rice.