Recipe for Heaven and Earth Duck with Quince and Nut Couscous 
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Yield:
6
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
6 x duck legs
1 x salt and pepper
2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp ground mace
1 tbl clear honey
3 tbl olive oil
40 gm buffer
2 x onions halved and sliced
4 tbl moroccan spice paste (qv or use a bought one)
1/2 x chicken stock cube
2 tbl unsalted blanched cashew nuts
1/2 pkt semi dried plums
1 pch saffron filaments (optional)
700 gm young parsnips peeled
700 gm young turnips peeled
700 gm salsify (optional) peeled and put into lemon juiced water to prevent browning
400 gm couscous
3 tbl pine nuts lightly toasted in a dry frying pan
Instructions:
Instructions: Quince cheese (optional) cut into cubes to serve

Put the duck legs in a roasting tray rub with salt and pepper paprika mace and honey and roast in a 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5 oven for 45 minutes.

Using a very large shallow ovenproof casserole pan (with lid) sweat the onion in the olive oil and butter until soft season add the spice paste and fry for a further 2 minutes.

Add 1 litre of water the 1/2 stock cube nuts dried fruit and saffron (if using).

Stir and bring to a simmer.

Add the peeled roots to the pan and place the duck legs on top the duck should be sitting just above liquid level.

Return to a simmer cover and place in a 180 0/350F/Gas Mark 4 oven and cook for 80 minutes.

Put the couscous in a bowl with the pine nuts season mix and level off.

When the duck is cooked scoop out two ladles of the juices and pour over the couscous.

Then pour over just enough boiling water to cover the grains.

Leave for 5 minutes then fluff through with a fork.

Distribute the couscous between four deep plates top with roots the contents of the casserole pan mint leaves small cubes of quince cheese and the duck.

Alternatively serve everything separately and let everyone help themselves.

Roasting the duck legs before adding them to the pot gets rid of excess fat crisps the skin and turns them a rich mahogany brown (this can be done the day before). Slow braising makes the meat melting and succulent. The root vegetables infused with spice and the sharp plums are good with the duck. Semi dried plums available at Waitrose)

Serves 6

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