Festive Duck with Red Cabbage and Potato Dumplings

Festive Duck with Red Cabbage and Potato Dumplings

Main course

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Cook Time

2 h 40 min

Servings

8

Difficulty

Medium

Prep Time

90 min

This Thermomix® recipe for Festive Duck with Red Cabbage and Potato Dumplings is ready in 2 h 40 min and yields 8 servings. Step-by-step guide with precise Thermomix® settings on MixBuch.

Description

Prepare a festive duck with red cabbage and potato dumplings using the Thermomix®. This hearty main course with duck, red cabbage, carrots and onions is ideal for festive occasions in winter. The preparation takes a total of 160 minutes, with the active working time being about 90 minutes. The recipe is designed for 8 servings and is perfect as a family meal or for a festive Christmas meal. With the Thermomix®, the preparation is effortless.

Ingredients (21 ingredients)

  • 2 kg ready-to-cook duck
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 200 g Carrots
  • 3 piece Onions
  • 1 kg Red cabbage
  • 2 tbsp Clarified butter
  • 3 piece Juniper berries
  • 1 piece Bay leaf
  • 200 ml Dry red wine
  • 8 tbsp Apple vinegar
  • 3 tbsp Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Orange marmalade
  • 0.5 tsp Cinnamon
  • 4 tbsp Honey
  • 400 ml Duck stock
  • 2 tbsp Cornstarch
  • 1 Bd. Chives
  • 750 g Dumpling dough half and half
  • 4 Zweig(e) Thyme
  • 4 tbsp Fruit spread

Preparation (16 steps)

1

Prepare duck

Preheat the oven to 150°C circulating air. Wash the ready-to-cook duck (2 kg) and pat dry. Rub inside and outside with salt and pepper. Stick the opening with wooden skewers and tie tightly with kitchen twine. Place the duck on a rack over the drip pan of the oven.

2

Prepare vegetables

Peel carrots (200 g) and 2 onions and cut into coarse cubes. Distribute the vegetables on the drip pan.

3

Roast duck

First roast the duck in the preheated oven for approx. 2 hours.

4

Chop onions

Thermomix® Setting
3 sec/Speed 5

Peel 1 onion, halve and place in the mixing bowl. Chop for 3 sec./level 5.

3
5

Sauté onions

Thermomix® Setting
3 min/248°F/Speed 1 120

Add 1 tbsp clarified butter and sauté for 3 min./120°C/level 1.

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6

Prepare red cabbage

Clean red cabbage (1 kg), quarter, cut out the stalk in a wedge shape and cut into fine strips.

7

Cook red cabbage

Thermomix® Setting
45 min/212°F/Speed 1 100 Reverse

Add red cabbage, juniper berries (3), bay leaf (1), dry red wine (200 ml) and apple vinegar (8 tbsp) and season with salt and sugar (3 tbsp). Bring red cabbage to a boil and simmer for 45 min./100°C/level 1 reverse.

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8

Prepare glaze

Mix orange marmalade (2 tbsp), cinnamon (0.5 tsp) and honey (4 tbsp).

9

Glaze duck

Brush the duck with the glaze and cook for another 8 minutes at 150°C until golden brown and crispy.

10

Prepare sauce

Thermomix® Setting
5 min/212°F/Speed 2 100

Lift the duck from the rack and keep warm. Pour the roasting juices from the drip pan through a sieve into a pot and degrease. Top up the roasting juices with duck stock (400 ml) and add to the mixing bowl. Mix 5 tbsp water with cornstarch (2 tbsp) and add to the mixing bowl. Cook for 5 min./100°C/level 2.

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11

Season sauce

Season the sauce with salt, pepper and sugar.

12

Prepare chives

Wash chives (1 bunch), shake dry and cut into fine rolls.

13

Shape dumplings

Knead dumpling dough half and half (750 g) with the chive rolls and form 2-3 rolls with approx. 4 cm Ø from it. Cut rolls into approx. 1.5 cm thick slices.

14

Fry dumplings

Heat 1 tbsp clarified butter in a pan and fry the dumpling slices in portions from each side for about 2 minutes until golden brown.

15

Refine red cabbage

When the red cabbage is cooked, stir in fruit spread (4 tbsp) and season with salt, sugar and pepper.

16

Arrange

Wash and shake dry thyme (4 sprigs). Carve the duck and arrange on plates with the red cabbage and dumplings. Garnish with thyme and serve with sauce.

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  • Celery
  • Mustard
  • Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites

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