Duck legs for dinner

[Pferdestarke]

I will be eating ducks' legs for dinner. You will note the apostrophe being carefully placed after the 's' suggesting two things:

1, that I am eating more than one duck leg
2, I believe that said ducks' legs are from two different birds and therefore are not a matching pair.

Stay with me.

They are drying in the fridge with a fine layer of salt on their skin. Hopefully by 7pm tonight they'll be ready for roasting.

Question:

What shall I eat them with?

[Team 17]

Knife and fork?

[whitechief]

Cinnamon Port and cherry sauce.

[UncleRic]

Is it too late to do this.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(egg) to them?

Or maybe just with a nice bit of steak?

• edit* Oh.. LEGS!!.. not EGGS!

Edited by UncleRic on Monday 10th May 13:47

[Don]

Roast potatoes, steamed carrots or broccoli.

A light orange sauce perhaps.

And blast them so the skin becomes crisp.

Mmm.

We don't eat them as you can't seem to buy a pack of three and one just doesn't seem enough for a fat barsteward like myself.

[Lefty 200 Drams]

Team 17 said:

Knife and fork?

Do your legs on a rack wth some potatoes roasting beneath them.

Keep it simple, just serve with the spuds and some green veg. Maybe some caramelised onion or sauce/chutney on the side.

[Pferdestarke]

Lefty 200 Drams said:

Do your legs on a rack wth some potatoes roasting beneath them.

That could be difficult, and painful!

Think I'd sooner stick to the ducks' legs lefty!

[Lefty 200 Drams]

Ducks legs are awesome, enjoy! Maybe with a nice sweet rich dram - A'Bunadh perhaps?

[Cheese Mechanic]

I make up a glaze from Ginger, cinnamon and honey. You need to get it under the skin though, so may be an idea to skin the legs. Bit late if you've salted them!! :-)

It is delicious though. Some top notch spuds and veg , wash down with a nice claret.

Storming nosebag!

[Petrol Only]

Rub them in chinese 5 spice and roast for 45mins at 220 removing fat every 10 mins.

Serve with pancakes and hoi sin sauce

Yummy!

The pancakes are simple to make.

[21TonyK]

Puy lentils with crispy smoked bacon, caramelised onions and roast root vegetables. Some mini roast potatoes and a bit of salad.

[SoggyHonda]

smother the legs with a decent marmalade, it works well! (although I can't remember if I ever added salt and pepper to the marmalade)

[dougc]

Soften sliced red onion. Add red wine and reduce with a little bit of sugar until thick.

[Pferdestarke]

Thanks for the excellent suggestions guys.

I roasted them crisp on a wire rack, beneath which were lots of baby new potatoes which bathed in the rendered fat.

To offset the richness of the duck I chopped a green salad of cucumber, lettuce, celery and cress and then made a dressing from hoi sin, sesame oil, red wine vinegar, chili and black pepper.

I boned the crisp duck and cut it into long strips, added it to my salad along with the potatoes and drizzled with the dressing.

[neilsfishing]

Team 17 said:

Knife and fork?

LOL