BBC Food - Recipes - Duck confit with smoked-duck salad, caramelised pecans and blue-cheese dressing

BBC Food - Recipes - Duck confit with smoked-duck salad, caramelised pecans and blue-cheese dressing

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This easy and tasty warm salad is packed with rich ingredients that turn it into a sensational starter.

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Ingredients

  • 2 ready-made confit duck legs
  • 1 head Romaine lettuce (or similar firm, crisp lettuce ), root trimmed, leaves cut into 2.5cm/1in thick slices
  • 1 smoked duck breast, sliced
  • 75g/2¾oz soft light brown sugar
  • pinch cayenne pepper
  • 100g/3½ oz pecans
  • pinch salt
  • 75g/2¾oz gorgonzola , roughly chopped
  • 50g/1¾ozmild, creamy blue cheese such as St Agur, roughly chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 50ml/2fl oz buttermilk
  • 60g/2¼oz crème fraîche
  • 1 lemon , juice only
  • dash Tabasco
  • 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 75g/2¾oz ready-made mayonnaise
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

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