Roast duck legs with red wine sauce

Roast duck legs with red wine sauce

It's almost impossible to overcook duck legs - so try this rich, slow-roasted dish

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 10 mins

Freezable

Method

  1. Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Put the duck legs in one layer in a roasting tin on a bed of rosemary sprigs and garlic cloves. Sprinkle with salt and five-spice powder. Roast for 1 hr.
  2. Bring the wine and jelly to a gentle simmer, stirring to dissolve the jelly, then continue to simmer for 5 mins. When the duck has been cooking for an hr remove from the oven and spoon off almost all the fat (save it for roast potatoes), then pour the wine mixture around it and return to the oven for 10-15 mins to finish cooking and reduce the sauce.
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Making it with lamb

Instead of duck legs, roast a half leg or shoulder of lamb for the same cooking time.

Per serving

473 kcalories, protein 48g, carbohydrate 7g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 6g, fibre 1g, sugar 3g, salt 0.51 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2005.

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  • 2007-11-01 08:52:31.643706

    Philippa rated this recipe

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  • 2007-11-02 20:22:13.203065

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  • 2007-11-13 19:18:03.551342

    Pewtersfood commented on this recipe

    this IS nice - but I am a duck fan

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    2007-12-20 19:23:25.576231

    Jen rated this recipe

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    2007-12-20 19:25:27.899558

    Jen commented on this recipe

    This is a nice and easy way to have duck. I reduced the amount of wine and gave a generous measure of jelly to make the sauce stickier and sweeter.

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  • 2008-01-01 16:00:15.34172

    Anne commented on this recipe

    I followed jen's suggestion and reduced the amount of wine and increased the amount of sauce . I also substituted the redcurrant sauce with shop bought cumberland sauce ,it was delicious. it made our new years eve dinner for 8 really special

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  • 2008-01-01 16:01:08.480375

    Anne rated this recipe

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  • 2008-01-14 10:41:59.729514

    tastytash rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely delicious. Will definitely be making this again. Great Sunday meal. Easy to make, very effective without having to use loads of ingredients. The flavours all went so well together - the mix of the spices with the wine and the sweetness of the redcurrants made it absolutely lovely. I made this with sweet parsnips which again really complimented the flavours. A great dinner party meal I think!

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  • 2008-02-14 14:36:08.729314

    Cookybooky rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This recipe is so simple yet so tastey! I increased the five spice abit and like above, reduced the wine and increased the jelly. This recipe also works realllly well with chicken legs (bought them by accident instead of duck once as they had really similar packaging!) Another Tip i did was boil some new potatoes, drizzled some olive oil on them and put them around the duck in the last 15 mins and drizzle some of the redwine sauce over them. Yummy =)

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  • 2008-02-27 09:33:06.628203

    HayleyGrice rated and commented on this recipe

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    This was really easy to cook, and I halved the recipe with no ill effects. Was good to have something that looked impressive with minimal ingredients and that just sat in the oven for most of the cooking time.

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  • 2008-04-17 17:13:54.96433

    comfortfood rated and commented on this recipe

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    Fantastic. Perfect for guests. My only comment would be that I think a total cooking time of an hour would be sufficient so next time I'd add the liquour in at 45 minutes rather than cooking the duck for an hour and then adding.

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  • 2008-05-11 13:55:16.226275

    lindad4a rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious... and very easy!

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  • 2008-05-18 18:27:17.560814

    teresag1963 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very tasty we enjoyed this meal. I added 1 tsp five spice powder and one third of a bottle of red wine. Next time I make this I would definately drain off one third of the duck fat as the sauce was a little watery. Very tasty we would definately do this recipe again.

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  • 2008-06-15 20:40:14.400038

    lardon_irridesco rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Didn't work as expected. The duck was black and charred, even though I put it in at 170 degrees for 1 hour and followed the recipe. The rosemary was black too. There was no taste at all. What did I do wrong?

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  • 2008-07-06 16:17:48.146082

    caralynn rated and commented on this recipe

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    very easy fantastic taste definately one to be repeated

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  • 2008-08-08 16:49:41.323127

    Geri commented on this recipe

    Took on board the suggestions and agreed it's a super meal!

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  • Binder photo Ann

    2008-08-25 17:44:54.374224

    Ann commented on this recipe

    Tried this recipe, but decided to use cranberry sauce instead. 45 mins into the cooking time I realised that I didn't have red wine!!! Made the sauce using port, and after 1 hr 15mins, removed the duck and made a gravy using water from veg and some cornflour, then strained before serving. It was delicious.

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  • 2008-08-31 19:31:59.852237

    Chris rated and commented on this recipe

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    Absolutely wonderful. I reduced the amount of red wine, found I didn't have five-spice so used allspice instead. Will do this one again - and soon!

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  • 2008-10-20 17:07:37.079104

    Yummy! commented on this recipe

    Can anyone tell me if it would be ok to use a whole duck with this recipe rather than just the legs? Obviously I would need to adjust the quantities accordingly...

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  • 2008-10-29 12:04:06.58489

    EmyB rated and commented on this recipe

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    Sweet and sticky sauce really nice with the tender duck!!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 10 mins

Freezable

Full of flavour

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Per serving

473 kcalories, protein 48g, carbohydrate 7g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 6g, fibre 1g, sugar 3g, salt 0.51 g

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