Thread: Ducks

Originally Posted by Survy

Ok my attempt of roast duck tonight would leave some forum members shaking their heads... Lets just say lucyk there was a packet of macaroons in the cupboard.
Mine didn't turn out as well as Toby's, still some work to be done on that, but does anyone know if there is a way to draw out the "gamey" smell from duck, my nose can put me off before my taste buds, the gamey smell I can best put it down to smells like wet meat, any cooking method or something I can add to it to draw it out of the final result ?

I'm far from an expert, in fact when it comes to cooking wild game I'm an absolute beginner, but wrapping the ducks in some really good smoked bacon helped with flavour, smell, tenderness and moisture.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

I'm far from an expert, in fact when it comes to cooking wild game I'm an absolute beginner, but wrapping the ducks in some really good smoked bacon helped with flavour, smell, tenderness and moisture.

Wrapping with Bacon helps lots of things in the cooking GM. We wrap our Christmas Turkey with it and the result is bloody marvelous.