Confit duck with lentils and sugar-glazed carrots

By Freddy Bird From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the confit duck 4 duck legs, knuckle removed 1 cinnamon stick 2 star anise 2cm/¾in knob ginger, peeled and chopped 6 juniper berries 5 black peppercorns 1 shallot, chopped 3 garlic cloves, bruised 2 fresh bay leaves duck fat, to …

Duck with pear, endive, gorgonzola and walnut salad

  By Adam Byatt From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients 1 red endive, leaves picked 1 yellow endive, leaves picked ½ bunch watercress leaves picked 150g/5½oz gorgonzola 100ml/3½fl oz milk 30ml/1fl oz olive oil 1 pink grapefruit, peeled and cut into segments, juice …

Roast duck with Provencal black figs

By Freddy Bird From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients 1 garlic clove, crushed 175g/6oz unsalted butter, softened 3 sprigs rosemary, finely chopped 2-3 ripe Provencal black figs (alternatively use Turkish black figs), cut into quarters icing sugar (optional) 1 sprig fresh thyme, leaves picked good splash cassis …