French-style duck pie - delicious. magazine

French-style duck pie - delicious. magazine

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Food writer Sam Ellis-Cosgrove's duck pie, flavoured with thyme, garlic and pancetta, is inspired by the French dish croustade de canard.

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Ingredients

  • 2 duck legs
  • 2 duck breasts
  • Small bunch fresh thyme
  • 1 garlic bulb, sliced in half horizontally
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 35g unsalted butter
  • 100g cubed pancetta
  • 2 leeks, trimmed and sliced
  • 1 medium carrot, halved lengthways and finely sliced
  • 80g plain flour
  • 125ml dry white wine
  • 1 litre chicken stock
  • 2 tbsp single cream
  • 1 large free-range egg yolk
  • For the pastry
  • 350g plain flour, plus extra to dust
  • ½ tsp fine salt
  • 250g unsalted butter, frozen for 1 hour, plus extra to grease
  • 8-10 tbsp ice-cold water
  • Specialist kit
  • 23cm loose-bottomed cake tin

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