
Ingredients for 4 persons :
• 2 duck legs
• 3 sleeves
• 200 g button mushrooms
• 3 shallots
• an onion
• 1 carrot
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 bouquet garni
• duck fat
• 5 cl of armagnac
• 5 cl of Madeira
• 25 cl of white wine
• 10 cl of veal stock
• chopped parsley
• salt and pepper
Preparation steps
- Cut the duck legs in half.
- Cut the mushrooms into small pieces.
- Peel and chop the shallots.
- Peel the onion, the carrot, the clove of garlic, chop them very fine.
- In a casserole, over medium heat, put the duck fat, brown the pieces of duck, flambé them with the Armagnac. Add salt and pepper.
- Remove the duck pieces, set aside on a platter.
- Put the duck fat back in the saucepan, sweat the onion, carrot and mixed garlic, salt, pepper.
- Put the pieces of duck back, add the bouquet garni.
- Moisten with the white wine and the veal stock.
- In a skillet with a tablespoon of duck fat, sauté the mushrooms with the shallots, salt and pepper.
- At the end of cooking, add them to the duck with the Madeira.
- Cover and simmer gently for an hour.
- Add the chopped parsley at the very end of cooking.
- I served this dish with rice.
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