Meaning of duck press | Babel Free

Definitions

A machine used to extract the blood and bone marrow from a duck for use in pressed duck.

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Examples

“Cut off the breast carefully from four snipe, put the frames in a duck press with a clove of garlic, two cloves, three whole pepper corns and a sprig of parsley, turn the screw and obtain all the juice possible.”

“As the bird's wings and legs, coated in mustard and bread crumbs, were whisked off to the kitchen for roasting, Dorin placed the bird's carcass into the duck press and added a gurgle of deep red Burgundy.”

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