Recipe courtesy of Susur Lee
Duck Sausage
- Level: Advanced
- Yield: 2 to 4 servings
- Total: 55 min
- Active: 10 min
Ingredients
2 tablespoons ground duck meat
1 cup diced duck meat
2 tablespoons ground duck fat, plus more for cooking sausage
1/4 cup flour (add enough hot water to make a small pastry dough, about 2 tablespoons)
2 tablespoons port wine
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
Salt and pepper
Sugar
1 egg white
1 pound foie gras
Duck skin
8 pounds duck fat
Directions
Special equipment:
Butcher's string- Add all ingredients except for the foie gras into a large bowl. Mix well. Roll out and add the foie gras to the center. Roll into a sausage. Cover using the duck skin for casing. Tie with butcher?s string to secure. Confit the duck sausage by cooking in duck fat in a very slow heat until cooked (about 25 minutes). Take out and roast in a roasting pan, in a preheated 350 degree oven, until golden brown and crispy.
- Wine Suggestion: River Bend, Russian River Valley, Pinot Noir, 1996