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pressed duck

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noun

  1. a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device duck press so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.


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Its signature dish remains pressed duck, cooked in its own blood and specially carved by servers in the air instead of on a board.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2023

From current menu: choy sum with roasted strawberry nam prik, fried onion soup, pressed duck.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2017

For your enjoyment: frog legs, potato-tiled grouper, dessert souffles and, with advance notice, pressed duck with blood sauce.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2016

At a dinner at Restaurant Daniel in New York, vigneron Aline Bal of Chateau Coutet, served her Barsacs with soft-shell crabs and pressed duck.

From BusinessWeek • Dec. 5, 2011

A pale man sat alone in a corner eating pressed duck with greedy avidity.

From December Love by Hichens, Robert Smythe