Name: Crispy duck with clementines
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 duck legs; 1 tbsp fennel seeds; 1 tbsp coriander seeds; 1 tbsp sea salt; 7 banana shallots peeled and halved; 4 clementines peeled and halved; 2 bay leaves; 350ml hot chicken stock; ½ tbsp cider vinegar; green veg and potato dauphinoise (see below), to serve (optional)

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Crispy duck with clementines

Crispy duck with clementines

Esther Clark

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Serves 4

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Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 2 hrs

plus overnight marinating

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Treat yourself to duck for dinner, roasted with shallots and sweet clementines. Leave the duck to chill overnight with a salt rub for crisp, golden skin

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Ingredients

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4 duck legs
1 tbsp fennel seeds
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tbsp sea salt
7 banana shallots

peeled and halved
4 clementines

peeled and halved
2 bay leaves
350ml hot chicken stock
½ tbsp cider vinegar
green veg and potato dauphinoise

(see below), to serve (optional)

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal421
fat20g
saturates5g
carbs10g
sugars9g
fibre4g
protein48g
salt2.8g

Method

step 1

Slash the skin of the duck legs with a sharp knife and put in a large baking tray. Crush the fennel and coriander seeds using a pestle and mortar, then combine with the salt. Rub the salt mix over the duck skin, cover and chill overnight.
step 2

The next day, pat off some of the salt and spice mix, leaving a little behind. Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Roast the duck legs for 20 mins, then add the shallot halves to the tray and roast for a further 20 mins. Nestle in the clementines and bay, then pour in the stock and vinegar. Reduce the oven temperature to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Cover the tray with foil and cook for 1 hr 20 mins.
step 3

Remove the foil, then cook for a further 20 mins until crisp and tender – the meat should be very tender when pierced with a knife. Serve with potato dauphinoise and some green vegetables, if you like.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2021

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