recipe 
yields
4-6 servings
3 tablespoons duck fat (from confit)
12 ounces duck sausage
⅓ pound slab bacon, cut into ½” cubes
1½ cups diced onion
1½ cups diced carrot
1½ cups diced celery
5 garlic cloves, smashed
1 sachet of 3 cloves
2 thyme sprigs
2 bay leaves
½ bunch parsley
2 12-ounce cans tomato filets, drained
¾ cup white wine
6 cups purple hull peas
6 cups chicken or vegetable stock
Salt and pepper to taste
2 pounds duck legs
⅓ cup kosher salt
2 garlic cloves
1 tablespoon quatre espices
2 fresh thyme sprigs
2 bay leaves, crushed
1 large shallot
Duck fat as needed
Cassoulet
Duck Confit
steps
Cassoulet
- Place duck fat in large pan over medium heat. Add bacon and sausage and allow to render.
- Add vegetables to pot. Season with salt and pepper then add sachet. Continue to cook for 4 to 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Deglaze with wine and reduce slightly.
- Pour stock into pan and bring to simmer.
- Add peas and tomatoes and return to a simmer. Cook until beans start to become tender. Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Top with duck confit (recipe follows).
Duck Confit
- Rinse and pat dry duck legs.
- To make marinade paste, place salt, herbs, spices, garlic and shallots in food processor. Pulse until smooth.
- Rub paste on each leg and pile in large container with lid. Let cure in refrigerator for 2 days.
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
- Remove duck from container and rinse off paste then dry.
- Pour duck fat in a large pot and submerge legs in fat. Bring to simmer over low heat, then cover with foil, and place in oven for six hours.
- Cool duck in fat then separate from bones and skin. Do not shred the confit.
- Strain fat and reserve.
Date Published: 07.14.15
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- From Chef Teryi Youngblood of Passerelle Bistro in Greenville, South Carolina
