Some combinations just work, like apples and pork, chocolate and wine, and, in this case, brown butter and sage. Makes a nice alternative when you don't want either tomatoes or cream in your pasta. A little chicken breast gives the dish some heft, while a squirt of lemon livens the party.

There are a lot of earthy flavours in this dish, starting with the mushrooms. Ideally they'd be a mix of wild mushrooms, either fresh or dried. Unfortunately, my local supermarket hasn't had wild mushrooms in ages (I blame global supply chain issues), so I made do with brown buttons. They worked okay, but if you can get your hands on wild mushrooms, that'd be so much better. Adding to the earthiness party is sage, the flavour of which was in the brown butter as well as the delicately crispy leaves. Parm added its usual pizzazz to the sauce. And, just because I bought a bottle over Christmas and wanted to try it, a dash of truffle oil took it over the top. Zucchini was there to help keep the dish from feeling too heavy. And a spritz of lemon added a little ray of brightness.

So now you've seen the words "Duck Confit." Are you scared yet? Think it sounds too fancy to be easy? Don't be scared! This is actually one of the simplest recipes in the world. All it takes is time before you'll be setting down a heck of a wow factor meal in front of your guests or even just your family.Duck is one of my favourite meats in the world and the legs can be found relatively easily and cheaply if you know where to look. I actually prefer the legs to the typically more expensive breasts.Make sure that you don't throw away that fat that renders off the duck as you cook it. Duck fat is liquid gold and can be used on potatoes, veggies, and even eggs as a substitute for butter!

I wanted to try potatoes in duck fat. It smells like roasted Turkey or duck as it fries.

It turned out amazing! First time making duck, and first time trying duck!! I definitely recommend this to everyone!

Elegant and delicious, great to use leftover duck and a easy to put together for a dinner party

The fat of ducks is in the skin to keep this waterbird warm. I make duck pate with skin, fat, scraped carcass meat and duck liver and chicken liver. Wrapped in thinly sliced bacon. The molten fat makes an airtight cap over the pate, it preserves the creaminess.There is enough weight in the duck skin, scraped meat, fat and liver to make four pounds of country pate. Country pate is made without cream. Foie gras pate is made with cream. A duck liver weighs 50 grams, I add chicken livers to make duck pate creamier.To taste unadulterated flavor of duck, a quick roast of an unseasoned bird will deliver crisp skin, scraped meat, and molten fat as ingredients for the duck pate. The addition of mild chicken liver and pork bacon wrap will not diminish or alter the delicate duck flavor or texture in this country pate.

Ducks are a special treat, not served often, here is a way to make one duck the center of dinner time five days in a row: duck pate spread dinner, duck breast dinner, duck olive dinner, duck champagne pearl onion dinner, vietnamese duck pho soup dinner. Five delicious meals that taste totally different, for two people, from one duck. The first dish made from fresh duck is the appetizer duck spread.

It's been an age-and-a-half since I've had one of my favourite indulgences: blue cheese. So when the wife agreed to a pasta night, it didn't take long to decide on the type of sauce to make. Creamy, delicious blue cheese, of course. With a little (or a lot) of crispy bacon mixed in. And some walnuts for crunch. And bright, cheerful sweet peas because, y'know, veg. If you're thinking of making this, a word of warning: this dish is heavy. So dieters, stay away. To help cope with some of the richness, I've included a bonus recipe for a super-simple tomato salad. It makes a great accompaniment to the pasta.

One of my wife’s favorite meals we came across it in a restaurant. I more recently found a similar recipe on TasteofHome which I modified to our taste preference and we fix enough for 4 so we can have leftovers a 2nd night. I’m not a professional chef so I usually fix mushrooms and pasta before I start the chicken and sauce. I find it much easier to manage everything.

A QUICK AND EASY FLAVOURFULL VEGETABLE WITH LEFTOVER ROASTED DUCK. ...

This flattens a marinated whole duck so it smokes and cooks in a short time in the barbecue.Serves well with roasted miniature potatoes and shallots, mushrooms, and sprouts.An expensive gourmet dinner for four, but the trimmings, duck fat and carcass make four more free duck soup wild rice dinners, eight dinners from one duck.#GoldenApron23