Peking Duck Recipe

Ingredients

1 (3 to 4 pound tender roasting duck)
5 to 6 tablespoons honey
3 teaspoons wine vinegar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 to 3 teaspoons sherry
1 orange
1 onion
Salt and pepper

How to make Peking Duck

Preheat broiler or barbecue charcoal grill.
Prepare special basting sauce: In pan put honey, vinegar, soy sauce, sherry, juice of 1/2 orange and 3 tablespoons water.
Heat together; bring to boil.
Let cool.
Prick skin of duck lightly with sharp fork; pour over several pints of boiling water to soften skin; let dry.
Put onion and 1/2 orange inside duck; season.
Put bird on spit; when broiler or barbecue is very hot, cook bird, basting frequently with special sauce.
Allow 20 minutes per pound; lower heat after first half hour.
Test if duck is done by sticking skewer deeply into leg meat.
If juice is clear, duck is done.
Remove from heat.

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