Truffled Tahitian Duck

Name: Truffled Tahitian Duck
Ingredients: 1 duck (5 pounds), thawed; 1 Tahitian vanilla bean; 2 Tablespoons black truffle oil; 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil; 2 teaspoons sea salt, coarse; 1 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper

Vanilla bean caviar and fine Italian truffle oil make for a delectable rub for raosted duck.

Submitted by: John from Chicago, IL
Yield: 1 roast duck

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Ingredients

1 duck (5 pounds), thawed
1 Tahitian vanilla bean
2 Tablespoons black truffle oil
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
2 teaspoons sea salt, coarse
1 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper

Preparation Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cut the vanilla bean in half and scrape out the seeds.

Combine seeds with truffle oil and vegetable oil.

Run vanilla/truffle paste all over duck skin. (Use a basting brush.)

Season with sea salt and white pepper.

Roast in oven, breast side up, for 1- 1 1/2 hours...or until thermometer placed in leg reads 170 degrees. Baste every half hour. Duck is a red meat, so if you prefer yours a little pink, remove it when the temperature reads 130-140.

Let rest 15 minutes before carving.

Mix pan juices with sage and flour to make exceptional gravy.