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Duck three ways with roasted pears, shallots, wilted chard and a red wine reduction
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Duck three ways with roasted pears, shallots, wilted chard and a red wine reduction

21 ingredients Serves 4 openrecipes

Preparing confit duck takes time, but the result is meltingly tender duck. Served here with chard, sour sweet pear and shallots and a rich wine and beef sauce.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1010
Calories
48g
Protein
69g
Fat
45g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 16 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Duck 100g cooked with skin 337
Beef 100g cooked 250
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Star Anise not in our table 0
Chard not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 duck
  • 15g/½oz table salt per kilo of duck legs
  • 2-3 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 300g/10½oz duck fat
  • 5 tbsp roughly chopped flatleaf parsley
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 cinnamon
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 4 cloves
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • 4 duck
  • knob of butter
  • 110ml/3½fl oz red wine
  • 250ml/9fl oz beef stock
  • 50g/1¾oz butter
  • 100g/3½oz unsalted butter
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 shallots
  • 1 pear
  • 1 head chard

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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