Duck Fat

[lyndalou]

I purchased some duck fat from William Sonoma recently and wonder how you use it, if you ever have. I know about frying potatoes in it, but what else?

 

[GotGarlic]

I think you can use it to fry or sauté anything and it will just give it a different flavor. You could shallow-fry some chicken legs, like a simpler version of confit.

 

[Steve Kroll]

You can saute almost anything in duck fat that you would in butter.

As for duck fat potatoes, rather than pan fry the potatoes in the duck fat, I always liked them better in the oven. Melt a tablespoon or two of the duck fat, toss your potato slices in it to coat, and roast on a baking sheet in a 425F oven until golden brown. Yum!

 

[lyndalou]

Thanks guys. I am going to do the oven roasted this week.

 

[CraigC]

Darn, I thought you were going to say that a new character had been added on Hawaii Five O.

Did you see the DDD where they pan seared foie gras in duck fat? I believe they served it on top of a basket of fries also done in the fat.