Not only do you end up with easy, really delicious duck carnitas, you'll have a little extra
rendered duck fat in the pot to use for future cooking.
Mix 1/4 cup
rendered duck fat, 1/4 cup coconut oil, 3 teaspoons truffle salt, and 3 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper together in a small bowl.
Made from garlic chives and pea shoots, it packed a punch: Instead of olive oil, it was thinned with
rendered duck fat.
Have you ever
rendered duck fat and used it in recipes?
Melissa Joulwan, author of Well Fed: Paleo Recipes for People Who Love to Eat also keeps
rendered duck fat in the fridge and coconut oil is another good alternative.
Not exact matches
If the
duck legs have
rendered a lot of
fat, ladle out any in excess of about 2 Tablespoons, reserving it for another use.
I use a similar cooking method (braise in a little wine then fry in the
rendered fat) for confit
duck.
Using a paring knife, score the fatty side of the
duck breasts by making shallow cuts in a diamond pattern; this allows the
fat to
render more easily.
Rendered duck, bacon, beef, or chicken
fat can act like butter, if you want to avoid dairy altogether or add a different flavor profile.
Lard (from a good clean source) is the perfect answer, and
rendered duck or goose
fat would be great options.
Of course, if you're lucky enough to have
duck fat that you
rendered from cooking a
duck, by all means, use it for this recipe.
This Easy Roasted
Duck with Plum Sauce will walk you through how to prepare a delicious duck AND save the rendered fat for future cook
Duck with Plum Sauce will walk you through how to prepare a delicious
duck AND save the rendered fat for future cook
duck AND save the
rendered fat for future cooking!
Cook 2
duck breasts, skin side down, until
fat is
rendered and surface is deeply browned and crisp, 10 - 15 minutes; transfer to a plate.
After
rendering the
fat from the classic confit dish,
duck legs, use the excess to confit garlic, fish, or even chicken thighs.
Place
duck, skin side down, in a cold large skillet, then set over low heat and cook, shifting breasts in skillet occasionally for even cooking, until
fat is
rendered and skin is deep golden brown, 12 — 15 minutes.
Roast, rotating pan occasionally, until
duck fat starts to
render, water is evaporated, and skin is golden brown, about 40 minutes.
Stuff
ducks with onions and all but 4 sprigs rosemary; season generously with salt and pepper (much of the seasoning will melt away as the
fat renders).
Duck legs have so much
fat on them already — braise them with at least a half - cup of water or stock to begin
rendering fat.
I used roast
duck slices that I bought in the grocery store and lightly fried / roasted them until the
fat was
rendered on the skin
Tallow and lard need to be
rendered at home (how - to videos on this blog) but
duck fat can be purchased.