Need duck recipes, both for meat and eggs

[savingdogs]

We have lotsa ducks now. We need recipes for how to use muscovy meat in recipes, especially the legs. The breasts are easy to cook up yummy.

We also have tons of eggs. I know I could use regular chicken egg recipes, but does anyone have recipes that call specifically for duck eggs?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

 

[Shiloh Acres]

No specific duck egg recipes but I used to save the duck eggs for baking. I think they are better than chicken eggs in baking and recipes. I used chicken eggs for scrambled, fried, boiled etc. And duck eggs as " ingredients".

Hope you get lots of good recipes!

 

[Bourbon Red]

Salt and pepper the duck - put in a roaster with a mix of carrots, apples, prunes and onions. Season with more salt and pepper, thyme and majoram and put in a slow (250-275) oven for 5-6 hours. Serve with mashed potatoes and the melted-down fruit and veg. it was roasted with.

 

[Wifezilla]

Someone over at BYC has a recipe for duck sausage. He uses the muscovy legs and thighs for the sausage and cooks up the breasts like steak. I will see if I can find it.

As for the eggs, a favorite of mine and my picky friends is spinach and mushroom quiche (crustless). Fry up some red onion in butter, add sliced mushrooms and more butter, wilt spinach. Put the veggies in the bottom of the pan. Top with fresh grated parm and mozzarella. Pour duck eggs beaten with cream over the top, salt and pepper and bake.

 

[Wifezilla]

Here is the recipe from Steve at SandsPoultry

10 pounds duck
1/2 cup dry red wine
2 Tablespoon white pepper
2 Tablespoon salt
2 teaspoon mustard seed
1 tespoon black pepper
1 teaspoon sage
1/2 cup finely mixed onion

I also added some allspice, and red pepper for some extra zing.
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1803623

 

[savingdogs]

Those sound wonderful!
Yes, it is hard to go wrong with those breasts. So far everything we have tried with them has been great. I tried just bar-be-queing the legs and they were a little gamey. I'd love to make sausage, that is my husband's favorite! Thanks for the ideas and I hope other people can use them, too.

I ordered 15 muscovy in the spring and we already processed the extra males, kept back the least dominant male (named Donald now of course) and we have five surviving females. They are giving me about five eggs a day, too. But by next spring we are hoping for ducklings and a fresh crop of young drakes to harvest.

I'd like to use as much of the animal as possible, we have never done our own slaughtering before and it makes me appreciate more what being a carnivorous creature means! I want to make an attempt to use every part. We do let the chickens finish off the bones, they love it!

 

[MsPony]

Whoo hoo, thanks for the thread! I am doing duck experiments.

Why not let your dogs eat the bones and such? Unless they are like my lab, and require it hand fileted into bite size pieces, lol.

 

[Wifezilla]

Don't forget to make broth out of the carcass. Sure the chickens like it, but there is a lot of flavor and nutrition in those bones. Simmer for several hours in water with a little raw apple cider vinegar in it. The ACV helps pull minerals out of the bones. I also throw in onion tops, carrot ends and pieces, the celery end, etc... Once everything is really cooked, I strain the broth, pull any pieces of meat out and add that to the broth. You can then freeze it or start making a pot of soup. Mine seldom makes it to the freezer

 

[Bourbon Red]

If anyone needs any extra muscovy ducklings - PLEASE - let me know! - Found 11 more this morning...

 

[Wifezilla]

No thanks! I am all full on ducks