pressed duck

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.

Example Sentences

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 Washington Times

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

“We’ve gone from pressed duck served tableside to a glorified cheese sandwich,” he says — and from a menu with 32 dishes to a dozen.

From Washington Post

The stars of the show included a whole pressed duck, delivered atop a teak trolley, and a chocolate souffle graced with fresh vanilla bean ice cream.

From Washington Post

I have a particular, joyful memory of a pressed duck I ate at Daniel in Manhattan once, of the perfect mineral taste of the blood-enriched sauce that cloaked the bird’s flesh, so red above the starched white tablecloth.

From New York Times