- by Chef Didier Girol, ACTIOMEDIA Inc. -
In this receipe, I have chosen Trucillo Special Bar coffee. Its intense aroma as well as it mild taste will definitly match flavoured poultry such as the duck.
4 Servings
The duck legs
Ingredients
- 4 duck legs
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) flowered honey
- 2 teaspoon Trucillo Spécial Bar coffee, finely grounded
- 1 1/2 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon dried fennel seeds
- 1/4teaspoon powdered ginger
- Olive oil
Preparation
- Lightly oil the bottom of an ovenable plate and place the duck legs.
- Mix all the ingredients.
- Whitewash, using a brush, the duck legs all over their surface.
- Preheat oven to 200oC / 400oF and cook for 15 minutes, turn over at half cooking time.
- Turn over again and keep cooking for another 15 minutes, reducing oven temperature to 175oC / 350oF.
- Check regularly the cooking, cook longer if necessary.
- Tent the duck legs with foil to keep warm for 5 minutes. Serve.
Red-cabbage confit
Ingredients
- 1 small red-cabbage
- 2 medium onions
- 15 ml (1 tablespoon)granulated sugar
- 125 ml (1/2 cup)125 ml (1/2 tasse) d'eau
- 4 dried apricots
- 5 ml (1 teaspoon) powdered ginger
- 60 ml (1/4 cup) olive oil
For the marinade
- 15 ml (1 tablespoon) granulated sugar
- 5 ml (1 teaspoon) salt
- 45 ml (3 tablespoon) Xeres vinegar, or other
Preparation
The day before
- Cut the cabbage in four parts, take off the core (the big white part).
- Thinly slice the cabbage and rince under cold water. Drain.
- Put the thinly sliced cabbage in a slad bowl, add the marinade ingredients, toss, cover and put away in the fridge.
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- In a casserole, heat up the olive oil.
- Peel and thinly slice the onions. Let them melt (avoid coloration) slowly in the casserole and toss regularly.
- Meanwhile, drain the cabbage and cut the apricots in small cubes.
- When the onions are cooked, add the cabbage, the apricots, the water, the wine and the sugar.
- Cook slowly, uncovered, for 30 minutes, then 2 hours covered, stirring regularly.
- Serve alonside the duck legs.
Notes from the Chef
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To serve with a sauce, use the cooking juice once the duck is out of the oven and thaw with some Calvados or Sortilège.
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The duck legs and red-cabbage confit can be served with sautéed or mashed potatoes.


