Duck

Canard

What it is

China domesticated the duck millennia ago and perfected its roasting into imperial ceremony. France answered with its own schools — rare Rouen duck, pressed at the table in silver contraptions, and the Southwest’s confit, where the bird is preserved in its own gold.

In the kitchen

Score the fat, start it in a cold pan, and pour off the rendered fat as you go — then roast your next potatoes in it and understand the Southwest of France.

Goes with

Orange Cherry Honey Pomegranate Thyme Turmeric

Same species

Mallard Pekin duck Century egg (pidan) Duck heart Duck confit Stuffed duck neck

Also used with

Banyuls Seville orange Haskap Crème de cassis de Dijon Eucalyptus honey Floc de Gascogne

In season alongside

Monkfish Iberian pork (bellota) Abalone Ajvar Ark shell American lobster

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