My roasted duck 'sorta shepherd's pie'
I think people feel a bit scared of cooking duck and see it as the sort of thing you only get in posh restaurants. If you think it sounds fussy or expensive, trust me - it's not. It's really a very simple bird to cook and, once you've tried it, you'll cook it again and again!
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 17 of 19 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 17 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Duck | 100g cooked with skin | 337 |
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Parmesan Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 110 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Celery | 1 stalk (40g) | 6 |
| Rosemary | 1 tsp dried (1.2g) | 4 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Sage | 1 tsp ground (0.7g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Rhubarb | not in our table | 0 |
| Swede | 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
- 1.5 kg Gressingham duck, giblets removed
- 1 orange, halved
- a few sprigs fresh rosemary
- a few sprigs fresh sage
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- olive oil
- 1 red onion, peeled and thickly sliced
- 2 sticks celery, cut into 5cm lengths
- 3 carrots, peeled and cut into big chunks
- 1 tablespoon plain flour
- 2 sticks rhubarb, roughly chopped
- 500 ml organic beef stock
- 1 kg potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 500 g swede, peeled and chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 splash warm milk
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 clove garlic, peeled
- zest of 1 orange
- 1 handful Parmesan cheese, freshly grated