Fast and Easy Preserved Duck Legs with Chestnuts

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Jeremiah Tower

Published 2002

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There are two ways to go with this most glorious and easiest of fast foods—either served with something rich like potatoes cooked in water-rendered duck fat and truffles or wild mushrooms, or with something acidic with a bitter edge that will cut and act as a foil against the richness of the duck such as a fruit or a salad.

You can serve this dish without the gizzards, but they are truly delicious! And as for the chestnuts, buy them from a street vendor on your way home. Or to make