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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Nigella's Duck Legs and Potatoes and Anna's Duck Crepes

For our Valentines Day dinner I decided to cook duck. This is a recipe from Nigella Kitchen, although it is hard to really call it a recipe. You just sear the skin of the duck legs put them in a roasting dish skin side up with potatoes, season, throw in some thyme and cook for 2 hours. But I must give Nigella credit as it gave me the confidence to cook duck - something I have never tried before, and it was delicious. So moist and tender. You should have seen my daughter - she loved it!



I made a plum sauce to serve as I thought it sounded plain but really it didn't need it.



My big adventure was traveling out to Windsor to buy the duck marylands from Pepe's Ducks! All the places I have been to only sell duck breast. The ducks had been prepared the day I bought it, so very fresh, and there is delight in buying it from the grower. They produce about 70,000 ducks a week, so a huge supplier. Yet they were happy to sell me a pack at the door. It cost me $16 for five marylands.







With the leftover duck I made duck crepes using Anna Gare's recipe from Quickies in my Kitchen. They are a very simple dish and delicious, they allow the amazing duck to be the star of the show!

7 comments:

  1. I don't cook duck enough so I need recipes like this to encourage me to cook it! It looks great! :)

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  2. How fortunate you are able to find duck pieces other than the breast. Your leftovers are amazing and I imagine quite delicious. I hope you have a great day. Blessings... Mary

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  3. What an inventfull way to use leftovers. Also the duck looks awesome!

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  4. The duck looks really delicious!

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  5. Oh man it looks delish!! I've never cooked duck myself either but this looks like something I could try. The duck pancakes look fantastic too! They should be in a magazine. Well done!! :)

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  6. Mr BBB loves duck although I have never cooked with it! I must suprise him and make something like this sometime soon!

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  7. Nothing wrong with those kinds of recipes! Looks good. That's a good price you got, but 70 000 ducks a week? Wow!

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