Roasted Crispy Duck with Cranberry Sauce

There is something really scary about cooking duck, isn't it? I think it's the 3rd or 4th time we did it, but we are no experts.

The desirable outcome is a crispy skin and really tender meat.

I cooked the duck for 3 hours, i guess it depends on how big the duck is, turning the duck on its belly/ on its back every 45 minutes. You have to cook it in one of those trays that has a grill on top, so that the fat can melt in the tray, but not to come in contact with the duck.

The sauce that i glaze it with was orange and soy sauce based.

We served the duck with potatoes (fried in duck fat, of course) and some cranberry sauce (more like a chutney, that how i like it.

How hard do you find cooking duck?

Rata crocanta la cuptor cu sos de merisoare

E ceva foarte infricosator in a gati rata, nu? E a treia sau a patra oara cand pregatim rata, dar clar nu suntem experti.

Ce ar trebui sa obtii la final e o piele crocanta si o carne foarte frageda.

Am copt rata 3 ore, dar depinde de cat de mare e rata.  Am intors-o de pe fata pe spate la fiecare 45 minute. Ar trebui sa fie gatita intr-o tava care are in gratar deasupra, pentru ca grasimea care se scurge  sa cada in tava, dar sa nu intre in contact cu rata.

Am glazurat-o cu un sos de portocale si sos de soia. Am servit-o cu cartofi (bineinteles. Prajiti in untura de rata) si sos de merisoare (a iesit mai mult un chutney, asa ne place mai mult).

Voua cat de greu vi se pare sa gatiti rata?

Enjoy!

Comfort Food- Baked Potatoes with Bacon and Spinach

In the colder days i love to wash some potatoes and then just put them in the oven. The house smells really cozy and there are so many ways to serve them. You cut them in half and the possibilities are endless. I usually enjoy them with a simple yoghurt sauce ar some smoked salmon, but yesterday i was (like most days) in a bacon mood. 

The spinach was added so i wouldn't feel so guilty about the fried bacon.  Angel or devil? On top i grated some cheese .

Cartofi copti cu bacon si spanac

In zilele mai reci imi place sa spal cativa cartofi si sa ii arunc in cuptor. Casa miroase foarte bine si sunt multe feluri in care ii poti servi mai departe. Il taiem cand sunt gata in jumatati si posibilitatile sunt nelimitate. In general, imi place sa ii mananc su un sos simplu de iaurt sau cu somon afumat, dar ieri am avut pofta de bacon.

Spanacul a fost adaugat mai mult ca sa nu ma simt vinovat pentru baconul prajit. Inger sau demon? Deasupra am ras niste branza.

Enjoy,
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Fish Fillet with Roasted Veggies

The fish is simply cooked in a pan sprayed with oil.

The vegetables are amazing, especially the carrots. So, season them, put them  in a tray and in the oven they go.

File de peste cu Legume la cuptor

Pestele este simplu gatit intr-o tigaie  cu foarte putin ulei.

Legumele la cuptor sunt foarte bune, mai ales morcovii, care devin foarte dulci. Trebuie doar sa asesonezi legumele (usturoi, morcovi, cartofi) si intr-o tava cu hartie de copt stau la cuptor pana sunt gata.

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