Duck fat potatoes with pancetta and cabbage
serves
6
Duck fat potatoes with pancetta and cabbage
It may be a side-dish but these duck fat potatoes will be the star of the show at your next dinner. The perfect compliment to any main-course, the pancetta gives this dish an addictive flavour.
Ingredients (7)
- 100ml rendered duck fat (substitute extra virgin olive oil), plus extra 2 tsp
- 1.5kg King Edward potatoes (substitute sebago), peeled, cut into 7cm pieces
- 1/3 cup (80ml) chicken stock
- 80g unsalted butter, chopped, softened
- 100g thinly sliced pancetta
- 1/4 white cabbage, leaves separated, torn
- 1/2 radicchio, leaves separated, torn
Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.
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1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Place duck fat in a deep roasting pan and place in oven to heat. Leave in oven until needed.
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2.Meanwhile, place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Place over high heat and bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer and simmer for 7 minutes to partially cook. Drain, return potatoes to pan and shake pan gently to rough up outside of potatoes. Remove duck fat tray from oven and, working quickly, carefully transfer potatoes to duck fat and stir to coat. Return to oven and roast, turning halfway, for 1 hour 30 minutes or until golden.
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3.To make the sauce, bring stock to a simmer in a large frypan over high heat, gradually whisk in butter, 1 piece at at a time, until all butter is added and well combined. Remove from heat.
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4.Heat extra duck fat in a second large frypan over high heat. Add pancetta and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes or until golden. Add cabbage and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes or until wilted. Return sauce to medium heat, add pancetta mixture and stir until well combined. Fold through radicchio and potatoes to serve.
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