Duck with Cherry Rice Stuffing

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== Description ==
Makes 6 servings
== Ingredients ==
* 1 cup spaghetti or pizza sauce
* 1 ready-to-cook duckling (4 to 4½ pounds)
* salt and ground black pepper
* ¼ cup butter or margarine
* 1 cup chopped onion
* 1 cup chopped celery
* 6 cups cooked rice
* 2 tablespoons grated lemon peel
* 1 teaspoon thyme
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 2 cups chopped pecans
* 1 x 20-ounce can pitted bing cherries
* 3 tablespoons flour
* 2 tablespoons currant jelly
== Directions ==
# Season cavity of duckling lightly with salt and pepper.
=== Stuffing ===
# Melt butter in skillet; add onion and celery and cook until tender but not brown.
# Add rice, peel, thyme, salt and pecans.
# Drain cherries, reserving juice; measure 1 cup of cherries and cut into quarters.
# Add to rice mixture; toss lightly to mix well. Stuff duckling.
# Truss duckling and place breast side up on rack in shallow roasting pan. Bake at 325 °F for 3 hours, or until done.
# Spoon remainder of dressing into buttered casserole to cook along with the duckling the last hour of cooking, or freeze the casserole for future use.
=== Sauce ===
# Measure 3 tablespoons fat and drippings from duckling.
# Heat in skillet; add flour and cook over medium heat until flour is browned.
# Measure reserved cherry juice; add water to make 2 cups.
# Stir into mixture in skillet; add remaining cherries and currant jelly and simmer until jelly is melted.
# Serve duckling accompanied by sauce.
Category:American Recipes
Category:Stuffing Recipes
Category:Main Dish Poultry Recipes
Category:Duck Recipes
Category:Currant jelly Recipes
Category:Celery Recipes
Category:Cherry Recipes
Category:Rice Recipes
Category:Pecan Recipes
Category:Prepared pizza sauce Recipes
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