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    the zing factor

    Mar 23, 2020 4 minutes

    CHEAT’S CONFIT DUCK & CANDIED ORANGE

    SERVES 4

    PREP + COOK TIME: 4 HOURS (+ REFRIGERATION)

    • 1 tablespoon thyme leaves
    •1/3 cup (100g) coarse cooking salt
    • 2 tablespoons Chinese 5-spice powder
    • 4 duck Marylands (all-in-one leg and thigh pieces; 1,2kg)
    • 2 cloves garlic, bruised
    • about 2 litres (8 cups) olive oil
    • ½ cup (75g) caster sugar
    •1/3 cup (80ml) water
    • 3 whole cloves
    • 1 medium orange (240g), sliced thinly
    • 120g baby rocket leaves
    • 1 cup loosely packed chervil sprigs
    •1/3 cup (35g) walnut halves, roasted

    VERJUICE DRESSING

    • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
    • 1 tablespoon verjuice (available at Woolworths)
    • 1½ tablespoons olive oil

    Combine the thyme, salt and 5-spice. Place the duck in a shallow dish

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