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At a glance

This impressive burger brings together homemade buns (made from scratch with a bread machine or by hand) and slow-roasted, tender pulled duck that you'll need to plan ahead for—the duck alone takes over 5 hours to roast and glaze to crispy perfection. You'll also spend time caramelizing onions and shaping bun dough, so this is a labor-of-love project that rewards patience with restaurant-quality results.

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Bun dough

Put all the ingredients for the buns into a bread machine and select the dough setting. Mix and let it rise. If you don't have a bread machine, mix by hand – that's fine too. Or use a stand mixer. Whichever way you mix it, let the dough rise in a warm spot for about an hour.

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500 gram
Medium-Fine Wheat Flour

1 piece
Chicken Eggs

150 gram
Fresh Whole Milk (3.5% Fat)

20 gram
Unsalted Butter

10 gram
Salt

12 gram
Dried Yeast

15 gram
Granulated Sugar

100 gram
Water
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Shaping the balls

Once the dough has risen, tip it out onto a work surface and divide it into ten roughly equal portions. Shape these into balls and let them rest, covered with a tea towel, for about ten minutes.
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Flatten slightly and brush with egg

Turn on the oven, but only to 30–40°C. Transfer the shaped balls – your burger buns – onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper, press down gently to flatten slightly, brush with egg yolk mixed with a little water, and place in the oven to rise in the warmth for an hour and a half.

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1 piece
Chicken Eggs

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Sprinkle with seeds and bake

Take the beautifully risen buns out of the oven and preheat it to 200°C. Brush the buns again with egg yolk, sprinkle with seeds – poppy, flax or sesame – and a little salt. Pop them back into the oven and bake for about 15 minutes.

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40 gram
Sesame Seeds
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Roast the duck

Wash the duck and pat it dry. Season with salt and pepper. Place it in a lidded roasting dish and put it into the oven, preheated to 150°C. Then leave it alone for 5 hours.

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1 piece
Duck with Skin (Boneless)

10 gram
Salt

10 gram
Black Pepper
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Brush with the glaze

Uncover the duck, brush it with a mixture of honey, soy sauce and white wine, raise the oven temperature to 220°C and roast for another 30 minutes or so, until the skin turns wonderfully crisp. Keep brushing with the glaze as it finishes roasting.

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60 gram
Honey

40 gram
Light Soy Sauce

20 gram
Sweet white wine

20 gram
Sweet white wine
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Pull the meat

Pull the roasted duck meat apart into shreds. Let the buns cool, then slice them in half.
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Onions until browned

Slice the onion into half-moons. Put them in a pan with a little oil and braise slowly over a long time, until nicely browned and soft – an hour is fine. I often make a big batch of this onion, freeze it, and just thaw and reheat it whenever needed.

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4 piece
Yellow Onion

10 gram
Sunflower Oil
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Deglaze with wine

Once the onion is nicely browned, pour in the red wine. Turn up the heat and let the wine cook off. Season with salt and pepper.

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200 gram
Red wine

5 gram
Salt

5 gram
Black Pepper
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Assembling the burger

Now it's time to put the burger together. Toast the halved bun on a grill or in a dry pan. Spread with tartar sauce, top with the pulled duck meat, a slice of gouda, the onions, some lettuce, and close with the top half of the bun.

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50 gram
Tartar Sauce

100 gram
Gouda

200 gram
Lamb's Lettuce
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Tip:

You can take this burger even further by adding a fried slice of bacon. And if you really want to go all out, fry up a fried egg to put on top.

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100 gram
English Bacon

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Pulled Duck Burger on a Homemade Bun

Name: Irresistible Pulled Duck Burger
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 425 min
Total time: 605 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 20 gram Unsalted Butter; 25 gram Salt; 60 gram Honey; 4 piece Yellow Onion; 200 gram Red wine; 40 gram Sweet white wine; 150 gram Fresh Whole Milk (3.5% Fat); 50 gram Tartar Sauce; 500 gram Medium-Fine Wheat Flour; 200 gram Lamb's Lettuce; 10 gram Sunflower Oil; 40 gram Sesame Seeds; 15 gram Black Pepper; 1 piece Duck with Skin (Boneless); 100 gram Water; 2 piece Chicken Eggs; 100 gram Gouda; 12 gram Dried Yeast; 100 gram English Bacon; 15 gram Granulated Sugar; 40 gram Light Soy Sauce

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Prep 10 min Cook 7 h 5 min

Plus 2 h 40 min of resting (not counted in active time)

21 Ingredients

11 Steps

Hard Difficulty

What's in it?

3002 kcal

Calories

138 g

Carbohydrates

229 g

Fats

96 g

Proteins

The nutritional information is an estimate and may vary based on the specific ingredients used.

About this recipe

Pulled duck, in my opinion, is an absolutely brilliant ingredient. I love recipes that let me work this tender meat in – whether it's pasta, gnocchi, sandwiches, or today's burgers. This recipe will ask you to make homemade burger buns. They're simply the best, and nothing store-bought comes close. Plus, you get to make them exactly the size you want.

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Step-by-step method

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Bun dough

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Shaping the balls

Flatten slightly and brush with egg

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Sprinkle with seeds and bake

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Roast the duck

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Brush with the glaze

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Pull the meat

Onions until browned

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Deglaze with wine

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Assembling the burger

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Tip:

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Pulled Duck Burger on a Homemade Bun

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