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French Pork And White Bean Casserole With Homemade Duck Confit

From Cook's Illustrated Cookbook 2, 000 Recipes.

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A historical recipe

Cook's Illustrated Cookbook 2, 000 Recipes.

France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. 8 cups water
  2. 3 tablespoons salt

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. The two components of this recipe, the confit and the stew, are cooked simultaneously.
  2. In order for the confit and stew to finish cooking at the same time (step 7), start cooking the confit (step 3) and then wait about 1¥% hours before starting the stew (step 4).
  3. The cooked confit, covered with fat, will last up to 1 month.
  4. Three turkey drumsticks can be substituted for the duck legs.
  5. We prefer the duck confit prepared with duck fat, but canola oil can be substituted.
  6. We prefer the creamier texture of beans soaked overnight for this recipe.
  7. If you’re short on time, quicksoak them: Place the rinsed beans in a large heat-resistant bowl.
  8. Bring 8 cups water and 3 tablespoons salt to a boil.
  9. Pour the water over the beans and let them sit for 1 hour.
  10. Drain and rinse the beans well before proceeding with step 3.
  11. If you can’t find fresh French garlic sausage, Irish bangers or bratwurst may be substituted.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Colander
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From Cook's Illustrated Cookbook 2, 000 Recipes, printed page 10, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cooks-illustrated-cookbook-2-000-recipes

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.