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Confit Duck Legs

By Paul Grimes

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Confit Duck LegsRomulo Yanes

As convenient as store-bought duck confit is, we find that its quality tends to vary. Making your own allows you to control the spicing and the cooking time to produce a velvety piece of meat. This ancient preservation method has three parts: First you cure the duck legs in salt (drawing out the water in which microorganisms can live), then you slowly cook them in fat, and finally you store them fully covered in the cooking fat so air can't get in.

Cooks' note:

Duck legs can be chilled in fat up to 3 months.

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