Duck Confit Salad
An elegant and easy Duck confit Salad! Perfect for serving to that special someone on upcoming holidays involving hearts and chocolates…
Most of us hear the term duck confit and immediately think of something pompous and hard to make.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Duck Confit is an old-school French preparation for duck, invented back before the days of refrigeration. Cooking the duck in its own fat and storing it in the fat, sealed the duck meat, eliminating the need to keep it cool.
Nowadays, you can make easy duck confit by placing a whole duck, or just the legs and thighs, in a crock-pot and slow cooking it until it falls apart.
Then simply remove the bones, shred the meat, and store it in an air-tight container, in the fridge, until ready to serve. Although this method was created to store at room temperature, I personally wouldn’t risk it.
Duck Confit is rich with a deep meaty essence. It gives run-of-the-mill dishes that extra touch of elegance and is handy to have around. Shredded duck meat is marvelous in:Â risotto, stews, street tacos, rice dishes, and today I’m serving it cold on salad.
I love preparing rich foods with ingredients that are bright and tangy, to provide a pop of contrast.
Here I’ve paired luxurious Duck Confit Salad with creamy avocado, with pomegranate arils and zippy cranberry vinaigrette.
The combined flavors offer something truly special. Plus this Duck Confit Salad is so easy to make, it could be a quick mid-week meal, or the first course of a fancy candlelight dinner.
Bon Appetit!
More Duck Recipes:
Seared Duck Breast with Blackberry Pan Sauce
Duck Confit Tacos ~ Gastography
Duck Confit with Onion and Bean Soup ~ Gourmet Traveler
Duck Confit Salad
Ingredients
- 8 cups mixed salad greens
- 1 1/3 cups shredded duck confit
- 1 ripe avocado
- 1 pomegranate
- 3 tablespoons cranberry preserves
- 1 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Cut the avocado into small chunks and remove the pomegranate arils.
- Arrange the salad greens on 4 plates. Then top each pile of greens with 1/3 cup duck confit, avocado chunks and a sprinkling of pomegranate arils.
- Whisk the cranberry preserves with the vinegar and oil. Then salt and pepper to taste.
- Drizzle the vinaigrette over the top and serve.
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Excellent recipe! Â I used frozen pomegranate seeds, cranberry relish and added iceberg lettuce to mixed greens …the combination of all the ingredients were wonderful, the dressing superb!
Best duck confit salad recipe ever. Â I made dressing with cranberry relish, added iceberg lettuce for more crunchiness, and used frozen pomegranate seeds vs fresh (not in season)…the duck confit wasp remade, only needed to heat, excellent meal!
Loved it
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Hi there. The current Food on Friday on Carole’s Chatter is collecting links to dishes using duck or other game birds. I do hope you link this in. This is the link . It would be great if you checked out some of the other links – there are some good ones already. Cheers
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WOW this salad looks so yummy and healthy :) thank you for sharing the recipe!
This is just gorgeous and I wouldn’t have thought about cooking a duck in the crockpot!
Gorgeous! This is definitely my type of salad – so easy yet so fancy!
Looks so good, I love duck!
I am not sure I can find duck confit around my area, probably need to try to make it myself or maybe will try to use roast duck or smoked duck instead. I like dressing a bit sweet, may try to add some honey. This salad definitely looks gorgeous. :)
So fancy! Live the combination of avocado and pomegranate
Wow, it really IS easy! This is so beautiful, Sommer!
If I lived closer to you, I have a feeling we would be very good friends. I love duck!
Beautiful salad, I love the cranberry vinaigrette!
Your site is looking so beautiful, Sommer. Great re-design! And the duck confit salad? I wouldn’t be able to resist eating every bite of it.
This is brilliant! I love the pomegranates!
you said the magic words: duck. confit. swoon.
What a great salad!!
Whoa, mama! This looks insanely fancy, and yet, I think I could pull this off! On it goes to my “gotta make it” list! Seriously gorgeous shots, too!
Beautiful. One of my favorite salads, but I’ve never made it myself! Fun idea for V-Day!
I love duck confit! It is one of my favorite things to order out. However, I have always thought it was super hard to make. You just made me feel silly! this looks easy and doable. I want a bite of that salad now!
Woah. I LOVE all of the flavors going on in this dish! Like, seriously LOVE. You’re totally going to change my mind on eating salads during the winter. OK, fine, on eating salads at all. This is just BRILLIANT!!
Such an elegant salad Sommer!! Have a great weekend :)
What a fabulous use of duck!! I’m always a little weary to use it, I have no clue why. Perfect pairing with pom seeds!
Oh what I would give to come over and eat this with you right now!!
Duck is one of my faves and I’ve actually never made it at home! I definitely had it in my head that it was too hard to make. I’d love to try your method for the shredded duck confit – did you just put in in a crock? Salad looks delicious and look at those pretty pomegranate seeds!
This is gorgeous and I love this cranberry vinaigrette!
Oh gosh. My heart hurts for this.
This sounds like one tasty salad! I am loving the colours!
This is so beautiful with the pomegranate!
SO easy! SO delicious! I must make this! Thanks for the inspiration, Sommer! :)
What a colorful gorgeous salad! Craving it at 6am, lol!
Such a gorgeous dish! I need to make this! :)
You totally just called me out on thinking duck confit was a pompous dish >.< I'm glad to see that the preparation is simple (the crockpot is my lover!) and the flavors are phenomenal! What a great salad to have and even better one to prepare for a loved one for a romantic evening :)