I'm in Oz, and I've been noticing supermarkets selling in lately.I've also seen roast potatoes cooked in duck fat in another supermarket.I went into the shops yesterday, and there's now heaps of containers of the stuff.
Is there something I don't know that everybody does, about duck fat!I want to get a container and cook something in it, but what!Anything that you'd normally use oil in!
lilyfield,
Dec 18, 5:04pm
Don,t do it. You do not need the cholesterol
vmax2,
Dec 18, 5:07pm
Duck fat is really yummy.It is particularly good with potatoes, but try it with other things too and see what you think.
mjhdeal,
Dec 18, 6:02pm
Roast vegetables in duck fat are the best.
bedazzledjewels,
Dec 18, 6:14pm
Duck fat is brilliant. I'm cooking duck confit for Christmas dinner so i've got bought lots of it. Not so about the cholesterol; dietary cholesterol has very little effect on cholesterol in your body.
pericles,
Dec 18, 6:15pm
wheredo you get it from!
carlosjackal,
Dec 18, 6:23pm
PPfft! Who really cares! It's Christmas afterall - it doesn't mean you're gonna eat it/use it everyday! Potatoes are just beautiful when roasted in Duck fat.
bedazzledjewels,
Dec 18, 6:26pm
Countdown is now stocking it - or specialist stores like Nosh and Farro in Auckland. Some butchers might have it too. It's the most beautify, silken stuff.
pericles,
Dec 18, 6:28pm
good, I'm off to nosh this weekend for other things
village.green,
Dec 18, 6:33pm
My friend just tried it for the first time with roast potatoes and said they were very very nice. Easy to get in Palmy but I see you are in Aussie. Health food shops, deli, supermarkets (but you might have to ask).
retired,
Dec 18, 6:43pm
Upper Hutt Pak'n'Save have it, think it was about $9.
makespacenow,
Dec 18, 7:34pm
Yummy stuff. When we were kids mum would save the fat when roasting duck (once a month). Great on whole roasted potatoes washed down with keffir.or just slap it on home baked fresh Russian potatoes style bread. Look up eastern European recipes we use it a lot. Steamed bread sliced with dripped duck fat and red cabbage .another favourite
lythande1,
Dec 18, 8:17pm
I've tried it and goose fat. To be honest, it didn't make any difference at all to plain old lard or dripping.
davidt4,
Dec 18, 9:08pm
Eggs, bacon and tomatoes cooked in duck fat are pretty good for breakfast.
marcydawn,
Dec 18, 10:43pm
Can I roast unpeeled jersey Bennie potatoes! and I will be using duck fat. Last year the spuds were wonderful. Carole.
thewomble1,
Dec 19, 3:32am
a fat duck
tahnasha,
Dec 19, 5:23am
LOL
I think I'll go down and get some then.
thewomble1,
Dec 19, 6:13am
It is a small world.Had just finished buying Heston's Fat Duck Recipe book when I spotted your fat duck thread. The Fat Duck Restaurant, Heston Blumenthal, awarded three Michelin stars, restaurant of the year, Best Restaurant in the World and Best Restaurant in the UK.
thewomble1,
Dec 19, 6:13am
It is a small world.Had just finished buying Heston's Fat Duck Recipe book when I spotted your duck fatthread. The Fat Duck Restaurant, Heston Blumenthal, awarded three Michelin stars, restaurant of the year, Best Restaurant in the World and Best Restaurant in the UK.
gypsy11,
Dec 19, 4:09pm
Great roasting potatoes in, and you can also slow cook the duck (usually legs) in fat, a method called confit (pronounced con-fee). Can be a little expensive given the quantities you may need.
tahnasha,
Dec 19, 4:38pm
I love Heston, he's amazing!
bedazzledjewels,
Dec 19, 4:40pm
And that's a beautiful book. Lucky you thewomble1
thewomble1,
Dec 20, 7:32am
going to try his cheese on toast flavoured ice cream once I can souce dry ice. Purchase a sous vide so trying out his recipes.Eggs cooked so the yolk has just turn firm yet the white has not firmed up.
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