"Duck fat" refers to the fat that is rendered or melted from the skin of a duck. It is used in cooking to enhance flavors and add richness to dishes.
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Brush
with duck fat if you have it, otherwise brush with clarified butter.
But grass fed butter, cheese, coconut oil, coconut milk, cold pressed oils, organic heavy cream and responsibly sourced fats
like duck fat are other options.
Duck fat makes for a special treat; you can also use clarified butter or ghee, available at specialty foods stores.
Toss potatoes and 1/4
cup duck fat in roasting pan (save remaining fat for another use); season with salt and pepper.
If you still afraid to try it, and are too concerned about
eating duck fat, walk to the gym the next time you go, instead of driving there.
It's so simple to throw together and the roasted garlic and
duck fat give it a decadent flavor everyone loves.
The dish was sparked by the impulse purchase of a jar of
duck fat many months ago.
The foods to eat on a ketogenic diet are: whole meats; green veggies, butter, other types of natural fat (
like duck fat, olive oil, coconut oil).
For about a pound of potatoes, I only had to use 1 tablespoon
of duck fat.
If you have a French cousin in town who always has
duck fat on hand, that wouldn't be terrible either.
Here's a look at what I think is their best savory dish, the 60 Minute Eggs, Smithfield Ham, and
Duck Fat Fried Hash Browns with Brown Butter Hollandaise.
Baked sweet potatoes are standard fare in our kitchen — but when I'm feeling naughty, I up my game and toss some frozen french fries in a bit of
melted duck fat, salt and pepper, throw them on a lined sheet pan and bake in a super hot oven.
Remember those beans I mentioned... the ones I accidentally slow - cooked for 12 hours on Sunday... Well, yesterday morning before work I turned them
into duck fat refried beans and rice.
Drizzle another tablespoon of
duck fat over the smashed potatoes and add freshly ground black pepper, and salt.
Instead of refined vegetable oils, look for beef tallow or
duck fat from reputable producers like Epic.
Wipe the remaining cure from the duck and simmer in rendered
duck fat for 3 hours or until very tender.
Charred - Scallion Sour Cream & Garlic Confit over
Duck Fat Roasted Potatoes — An extravagant departure from scalloped potatoes.
PREPARATION
Simmer duck fat, pomegranate molasses, star anise, and orange peel for three minutes.
In a lightly greased Dutch oven (we like
Duck Fat Spray) add cooked potatoes.
Once duck fat is melted, whisk in cassava flour forming a roux and cook 1 minute.
Psst — you don't need to buy several jars of
pricey duck fat to confit the bird.
Smashed
crispy duck fat and ghee potatoes, and some roasted asparagus (olive oil + salt + garlic powder).
As I left work last night, I worried that
duck fat refried beans weren't the most sensible thing to eat for lunch AND dinner... fortunately my friend Suse — who lives around the corner — invited me over for a spontaneous lamb roast with bonus red wine.
We have a local Jose Garces restaurant in Philly that
serves duck fat fries with a cheddar beer sauce and shortribs... my ULTIMATE guilty pleasure food!
To go alongside, Guy makes Butternut Squash Chips, fried in the
leftover duck fat and dusted with a brown sugar - chile spice mix, they're a little sweet, a little spicy, and totally addictive.
Examples include a Kale and Potato Galette with
Duck Fat Crust, made from home cured duck confit; Grilled Cheese with homemade Fig Marmalade; Beet Salad with Orange and Candied Pecans with home - canned beets.
Evans and Fry have come up with dishes as varied as frothy she - crab soup; spicy glazed Spanish octopus with watermelon and coriander; and
duck fat poached swordfish with green papaya, crispy country ham and peanuts.
Rub duck fat over the skin of lean game birds, chickens or turkeys before roasting for a burnished, crispy finish.
Tender potatoes smashed, then roasted until crispy, tossed in
savory duck fat, infused with whole cloves of garlic.