A pot of pork and duck rillettes on a wooden boar with rocket eaves and sliced bread

Pork and duck rillettes

Name: Pork and duck rillettes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: Serves 6 as a starter
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500g pork belly skin removed and cut into large chunks; 2 duck legs; 1 large onion thinly sliced; 1 bay leaf; 2 garlic cloves finely chopped; ½ tbsp wholegrain mustard; 1 apple diced; small handful flat-leaf parsley finely chopped; toast and mixed salad to serve

Adam Bush

Published: September 6, 2022 at 11:38 AM

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Serves 6 as a starter

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 2 hrs and 30 mins

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An impressive make-ahead starter that’s ideal for entertaining, rillettes is a classic dish that never goes out of style. This pork and duck version features caramelised onions, mustard and apple to balance the rich meat

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Ingredients

Nutrition

500g pork belly

skin removed and cut into large chunks
2 duck legs
1 large onion

thinly sliced
1 bay leaf
2 garlic cloves

finely chopped
½ tbsp wholegrain mustard
1 apple

diced
small handful flat-leaf parsley

finely chopped
toast and mixed salad

to serve

Nutrition: Per serving

kcal287
fat19.2g
saturates6.2g
carbs5.2g
sugars4.3g
fibre1.3g
protein22.8g
salt0.3g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Tip the pork belly pieces and duck legs onto a roasting tray and bake for 45 mins until the meat is starting to crisp up. Carefully pour off any fat from the tray into a ramekin, and set aside for later. Reduce the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 2. Pour 250ml of just-boiled water into the tray, cover with foil and roast for another 1 hr 30 mins until the meat is meltingly tender.
step 2

Heat 2 tbsp of the reserved fat in a frying pan over a medium heat and gently cook the onion and bay leaves with a big pinch of salt for 30 mins, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic and cook for another 10 mins until the onions have collapsed and caramelised.
step 3

Remove the tray from the oven and remove the foil. Shred the meat onto the tray, discarding the bones. Stir in the caramelised onions, the mustard, apple and parsley, then season. Add a splash of the reserved fat if the mixture needs loosening up slightly. Spoon into six ramekins, then top each one with a layer of the reserved fat. Chill until ready to serve or for up to a week.
step 4

Serve the rillettes with the toasts and a vinaigrette-dressed salad, if you like

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Adam BushDeputy food editor

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