Roasted Duck
INGREDIENTS
1 (5 pound) whole duck
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon black pepper
½ cup melted real butter
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 375 F
2. Rub salt, pepper, and paprika into the skin of the duck. Place in a roasting pan.
3. Roast duck in preheated oven for 1 hour.
4. Spoon 1/4 cup melted butter over bird, and continue cooking for 45 more minutes.
5. Spoon remaining 1/4 cup melted butter over duck, and cook for 15 more minutes, or until golden brown (I cook until thermometer at leg joint reaches 175 degrees).
NOTE: Duck is very fatty, and can cause quite a lot of spattering in your oven. Cooking it in a covered roaster or loosely tented in foil until the end for browning might save a lot of smoke and oven clean-up. But save all that lovely duck fat to use in recipes that call for added fat!
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