Duck with Figs

Name: Duck with Figs (Canard de Barbarie aux figues)
Yield: For four people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 duckling, preferably female, or duck; 1 duckling, preferably female, or duck; 1 duckling, preferably female, or duck; 200 g (7 oz) butter; 1 carrot cut into mirepoix dice; 1 leek cut into mirepoix dice; 1 onion cut into mirepoix dice; 8 fresh figs; salt, freshly ground pepper; salt, freshly ground pepper

Canard de Barbarie aux figues

Preparation info

For
four
people

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ma Cuisine des Saisons

By Georges Blanc

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

1 duckling, preferably female, or duck
200 g (7 oz) butter

Europe
France
Main course
Gluten-free
Autumn

Method

Cooking the duck

Sweat the mirepoix dice of vegetables in a little butter for several minutes until they are almost tender. Pre-heat the oven to Reg. 9/475°F/240°C.

Melt a nut of butter in an enamelled cast-iron casserole and brown the duck