How To Cook A Duck. - Coat the whole of the skin with boiling water. Rub salt pepper and paprika into the skin of the duck.

We serve broccoli and duchess potatoes with it. Cook the duck on your cooktop over medium-high heat for 7 minutes. I often make it in the fall or winter when I have guests over.
After 23 minutes flip the duck breast over and briefly fry the other side then put the pan inside a hot oven for a further 5 minutes.
Place on a rack in the kitchen sink and pour over 2 full kettles of boiling water. Place the duck on a rack in a roasting tin and roast in the middle of the oven for 40 minutes per KG plus 10 minutes extra. Place on a rack in the kitchen sink and pour over 2 full kettles of boiling water. The layer of fat beneath the skin will quickly melt meaning that neither butter nor oil is necessary.