Roast Duck Leg with Carrots & Orange Mustard Dressing

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High protein 4 of 5 a day Low sat fat

Roast Duck Leg with Carrots & Orange Mustard Dressing

Prep time: 15 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Cuisine: British
Food group: Poultry

Slow-cooked duck is the star of this salad, with the crispiest skin and rich, savoury flavour. Create the base with sweet carrots, pea shoots and mangetout. Finish with juicy orange segments and a tangy mustard dressing – bringing a refreshing brightness to every bite.

Cooking Instructions

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Before you start

  • Preheat the oven to 240C / fan 220C / gas mark 9
  • Bring a medium saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
  • Pull out a large baking dish, a large bowl, a small bow & a sieve

Get started

  • Place the duck, skin-side up, and its juices into the large baking dish. Season with salt and pepper. Roast for 5 mins
  • Meanwhile, cut the carrots into 1cm thick batons (peel optional). Strip the thyme from the stalks and roughly chop. After 5 mins, add the carrot and thyme to the baking dish, coat in the duck fat, and roast together for another 18-20 mins, until soft and golden

Cook the potatoes

  • Meanwhile, halve the potatoes (quarter any larger ones), then add to the saucepan and simmer for 12-14 mins, until just soft
  • Add the mangetout in the final 2 mins, then drain together and return to the pan

Prep time

  • With a small knife, peel the orange (including the pith). Cut half into segments and set aside the remaining for the dressing
  • Finely slice the radishes. Roughly chop the olives

Make the salad dressing & build the salad

  • Add the mustard to the small bowl and squeeze in the orange juice. Mix in the vinegar, honey and 1 tbsp olive oil. Season with salt and pepper
  • In the large bowl, combine the pea shoots with the radish, olives, orange segments and half the dressing

Plate up

  • Share the salad between bowls, with the carrot, potatoes and mangeout alongside
  • Top with the duck leg and drizzle over the remaining dressing

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