Main Meals
Crispy roast duck with confit vegetables
8
Easy
20 minutes
1 hour
Wine/Spirit Pairing
Dombeya Pinotage 2014
Ingredients
Method- 1 beetroot bunch
- 1 kg sweet potatoes
- 1 large butternut, peeled
- 2 garlic bulbs
- 2 thyme sprigs
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 free-range duck
Method
Ingredients- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Using a mandolin or sharp knife, slice the beetroot, sweet potato and butternut on the medium setting of the mandolin or into slices about 5 mm thick.
- Layer all the vegetables into a large roasting dish and add the garlic and thyme. Season to taste.
- Place the ducks on top of the vegetables and roast for 1 hour, or until the fat has rendered out of the duck. The skin should be crisp and evenly golden brown.
- Drain off the excess fat, portion the ducks and serve with the vegetables.
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