Recipe Tip: Duck Legs Braised with Pomegranate and Prunes

Recipe Tip: Duck Legs Braised with Pomegranate and Prunes

Top Recipe by Severin Corti. All ingredients and tips for getting it right. This stew gets its sweet and sour flavour from the plums and pomegranate syrup.

    Ingredients

    Instructions

    1. Step 1

      Season the duck legs well with salt.
    2. Step 2

      Mix all the ingredients for the marinade and pour into a large freezer bag. Add the duck legs and leave to marinate overnight in the refrigerator.
    3. Step 3

      Preheat the oven to 140°C. Place the duck legs and prunes together with the marinade in a roasting tin and braise for around two hours until the legs are dark brown and tender and the sauce has thickened.
    4. Step 4

      Spoon the marinade over the duck legs several times as they cook, adding a little red wine if they start to get too dry.
    5. Step 5

      Turn the duck legs over after about an hour.
    6. Step 6

      Before serving, garnish with fresh pomegranate seeds, tarragon leaves and orange zest and serve with steamed basmati rice.
    7. Step 7

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    8. Step 8

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    9. Step 9

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    10. Step 10

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    11. Step 11

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