Cocotte of Fat Duck Drumsticks tender and flavorful

Name: Cocotte of Fat Duck Drumsticks
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 95 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 8 Fat duck drumsticks (Mulard); 10.5 oz (300 g) blonde lentils from St Flour; 3 peeled shallots (grey if you have them); 0.4 oz (10 g) dried porcini mushrooms, chopped; 1.75 oz (50 g) smoked duck breast lardons; a little duck fat; salt and ground pepper

By chef patrick Asfaux 4.3/5 (9 reviews) · 🍳 6 made it

Cocotte of Fat Duck Drumsticks, quick and easy — Photo : Aftouch-cuisine

Prep 5 min

Cook 90 min

Total 1h35

Servings 4 serv.

and Blonde Lentils from the Planèze*Cocotte of Fat Duck Drumsticks Fat duck drumsticks from Mulard breed braise for 1h30 in the oven nestled in blonde lentils from Saint-Flour, enriched with dried porcini mushrooms. Smoked magret lardons and grey shallots round out the dish. A weekend meal that's budget-friendly yet feeds a crowd.

Ingredients for 4 servings

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8 Fat duck drumsticks (Mulard)
10.5 oz (300 g) blonde lentils from St Flour
3 peeled shallots (grey if you have them)
0.4 oz (10 g) dried porcini mushrooms, chopped
1.75 oz (50 g) smoked duck breast lardons
a little duck fat
salt and ground pepper

Step-by-step recipe

1 In a cocotte without fat, brown your drumsticks in duck fat on all sides, then add your shallots and a pinch of thyme flowers.

2 Preheat your oven to 180° (gas mark 6)

3 Pour in your well-rinsed lentils and lardons, then cover with water (then season with salt and pepper) or cold broth, add your dried porcini mushrooms and bring to a boil, cover and place in the oven for 1 hour 30 minutes.

4 After this time, turn off the oven and leave your cocotte inside for 30 minutes so that all the flavors integrate into your lentils.

Serve in a nice round dish with the drumsticks pointing upwards.

This excellent and convivial dish is very inexpensive to make and moreover the addition of these tasty lentils is certainly a plus.

As usual, the use of good products is always a plus, and for the supply of our dried French porcini mushrooms

"king of the mountains" from Borde, this old house always presents us with quality products.

www.borde.fr

Blonde Lentil from St Flour

www.lentille-blonde.fr

A chef's advice

This is an autumn and winter dish, when lentils come out of storage and the cold sets in. Duck drumsticks are the least showy part of the bird, but they pack all the flavour. The duck fat alone makes the lentils silky without needing cream, which sets this braise apart from many others. Blonde lentils from Saint-Flour come from the Massif Central in south-central France. They hold their shape during cooking and keep a slight bite, unlike red lentils. Dried French porcini mushrooms bring an earthy depth that stands up to the richness of the duck. Serve everything in the cocotte, drumsticks pointing up, lentils pooling around them. The dish needs nothing else on the plate. A glass of Beaujolais village, Côtes d'Auvergne rouge, or light Sancerre pairs well. Skip the grand crus, the richness will overpower them. This is real Sunday cooking, the kind where everything lives in one pot and the oven does most of the work.

Frequently asked questions

Can I substitute blonde lentils with red or green lentils?

No, red lentils turn to mush, it won't work. Green Puy lentils hold their shape better, but cook faster (50 min instead of 1h30), so shorten oven time. Blonde lentils are really the right choice here.

Why leave the cocotte 30 minutes more in the turned-off oven?

That's the key. The lentils keep absorbing the broth and flavours from the porcini, lardons, and duck. Without this rest, they stay too dry. Residual heat finishes the job without overdrying the meat.

How long does the cocotte keep in the fridge?

Three days easily. Duck fat seals the dish and keeps it fresh. You can also freeze up to two months. Thaw overnight in the fridge, then reheat covered at 160°C for 20 minutes. The dish actually tastes better the next day.

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