Duck press
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A duck press or poultry press is a kitchen appliance for squeezing carcasses , the bone remnants left after roasting and cutting poultry , in order to use the juice it contains to make a sauce , for example a rouennaise sauce . It is also used to squeeze the shell of crustaceans .
Duck presses, like old wine or printing presses, are designed as screw presses . Above a pot with an outlet on the bottom there is a disc that can be pressed onto the base of the pot with great force by means of a threaded rod attached to a bracket above the pot and a rotary knob or rotary handles. They are usually made of stainless steel or brass.
The duck press is a device used in classic French cuisine . It is indispensable for dishes such as the bleeding duck , e.g. B. Duck à la Rouen ( Canard au sang , Canard à la rouennaise or Canard à la Rouen ), which is suffocated during slaughter so that the blood remains in the body, and is fried very fresh for less than half an hour. The sauce is served with the liquid made from blood and meat juice, boiled with red wine and mixed with a little cognac , squeezed out of the carcass.
Popular culture
In the crime film Die Schlemmer-Orgie from 1978, the French top chef Moulineau ends with his head in the duck press.
Web links
- Illustrated preparation in the Tour d'Argent (Engl.)