Sainsbury's 1.2kg Duck Crown with Cherry Glaze, Taste the Difference

Cooking instructions: Oven

Oven cook from chilled. If freezing at home, defrost thoroughly before cooking. Before cooking: Preheat oven. Remove outer packaging and film, place the sachets to one side. Leave the crown in the foil tray provided, season all over with sachet supplied. Place foil tray on a baking tray on the middle shelf of the oven. During cooking: Cook for 1 hour and then baste with juices. Return to the oven for 25 minutes. 5 minutes before the end of cooking, drain excess juices and fat then pour over the glaze from the sachet. Return to the oven and cook for the remaining 5 minutes of the cook time. After cooking: Check food is piping hot throughout, all juices run clear and no pink colour remains. Remove duck from the oven and leave to rest for 10-15 minutes prior to carving. All cooking appliances vary. This is a guide only. Oven cook from chilled 200°C / Fan 180°C / Gas 7 1 hr 30 mins

Warnings:

Don’t wash raw duck.

Keep raw poultry and sachets separate from cooked foods.

Use separate kitchen utensils and surfaces for raw poultry and cooked foods or wash them thoroughly in between use.

Wash hands after handling raw poultry and sachets.

Cook thoroughly until piping hot throughout, no pink colour remains and the juices run clear.