Duck Confit Rice

This duck confit rice sits somewhere between a fatteh, a pilaf, a biryani and maybe even a cassoulet. It's decadent, delicious but actually not that hard to make.

3 hours cook

Serves 4

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Ingredients

    the rice:
  • 5 legs duck confit
  • 300gbasmati rice
  • 75g duck fat
  • 1cinnamon stick
  • 2 tspcoriander seeds
  • 2 tspcumin seeds
  • 1 largered onion, sliced
  • 375gchicken stock
  • 100g sour cherries
  • 100gcranberries
  • 1 tbspflaked sea salt
  • the green sauce:
  • large bunchparsley
  • large bunchchives
  • half a tinanchovies
  • 1 tbspcapers
  • 1 chunky clovegarlic
  • half, juicedlemon
  • a big glugolive oil
  • the brown butter yoghurt:
  • 100gbrown butter
  • 300mlGreek yoghurt
  • garnishes:
  • handfultoasted pistachios
  • handfuldried cranberries
  • handful parsley
  • baguette
  • 1baguettes
  • 100gmelted butter

Crispy duck confit, fluffy duck fat rice, sour dried fruits and two delicious sauces.

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C. Remove the duck confit from the tin (it helps to warm the tin slightly in the oven first to melt the fat) then place the duck confit on a baking tray and roast until crisp, roughly 40 mins. Set aside somewhere warm.
  • Meanwhile, wash the basmati rice until the water is no longer cloudy then soak for 1 hour in a large bowl of water.
  • Heat the duck fat and add the whole spices, frying for a minute to release the aromas.
  • Add the red onion and cook, stirring frequently, until nicely caramelised. Stir the soaked rice through the fatty onions.
  • Fry the rice briefly until it sizzles on the bottom, then pour over the stock. Cover with a cartouche (circle of greaseproof) and the pots lid and cook on a medium heat for 4 mins, then turn down the heat to its lowest setting and cook for a further 8 mins. Remove from the heat and leave to stand for another 15 mins.
  • Meanwhile, slice the baguette and brush with butter and pop in the oven until very crispy. Rip into shards and scatter on the bottom of a serving tray,
  • To make the green sauce, blitz all the whole ingredients and gradually pour in the olive oil. Season to taste.
  • To make the yoghurt, whisk in the brown butter to the yoghurt.
  • Pour the rice over the crisp baguette and place the hot crisp duck on top. Spoon over the two sauces and garnish with pistachios, cranberries and parsley.
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