CAJUN DUCK WITH WILD RICE

      Title: CAJUN DUCK WITH WILD RICE
  Categories: Cajun, Poultry, Main dish
       Yield: 1 Servings
  
            -----------stock------------
       2    Water, gallons
     3/4 tb Garlic, granulated
     3/4 ts Salt
     1/4 ts Cayenne
     1/4 ts Sage
     1/2 tb Allspice, whole
     1/4 ts Onion powder
     1/8 ts Pepper, white
     1/8 ts Gumbo file
   2 1/2 c  Celery, chopped
   1 1/2 c  Carrots, chopped
       1 c  Red peppers, chopped
       1 c  Oil *
            -------thickening roux------
     1/2 c  Flour
     3/4 c  Chicken soup base
       1 c  Rice, white, uncooked
       1    Duck
   1 1/2 tb Seasoning salt
            ---------spice mix----------
     1/2 ts Paprika
     1/4 ts Garlic, granulated
       1 tb Caraway seeds
       3    Bay leaves
     1/8 ts Thyme
     1/8 ts Pepper, black
            ---------vegetables---------
       2 c  Onion, chopped
       1 c  Green peppers, chopped
            ---------cajun roux---------
       1 c  Flour
     1/4 lb Butter, unsalted
            -----------gumbo------------
     1/2 c  Rice, wild, uncooked
  
   * combine duck fat and lard
   Discard giblets from duck. The day before, prepare stock by bringing
   all ingredients to boil and simmer for 3 hours. Strain, reserve
   stock, and refrigerate overnight. Remove fat from stock and reserve
   for cajun roux. Bone duck and cut meat into chunks. Combine spice mix
   ingredients and set aside.
   Add water to stock to make 1-3/4 gallons. Add all but 1 cup of
   vegetables to stock and bring to boil. Make cajun roux by heating
   ingredients until the color of peanut butter. Add reserved vegetables
   and 1/2 T. of spice mix to Cajun roux. Add Cajun roux plus remaining
   spice mix to boiling stock.
   Add soup base and wild rice to stock and simmer 15 minutes. Add white
   rice to soup and simmer 10 minutes. When rice is half done, add
   thickening roux (combine first and heat until mixed) and cook 10
   minutes. Remove from heat and discard bayleaves. Add meat and green
   onions to garnish. Makes 1-1/2 gallons.
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