French Braised Duck Legs with Apples, Carrots and Tarragon

Ingredients

• 4 duck legs, skin-on
• 1 tsp fine sea salt
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 yellow onion, thinly sliced
• 2 shallots, thinly sliced
• 2 carrots, cut into thin batons
• 2 celery stalks, thinly sliced
• 2 tbsp tarragon leaves, chopped
• 1.5 cups water
• 2 apples, peeled, cored and cut into wedges

Method

1. Salt the duck legs and brown skin-side down until deeply crisp.
2. Turn and brown briefly; transfer duck to a plate.
3. Cook onion and shallots in the rendered fat until deeply golden.7 min timer
4. Stir in carrots, celery, tarragon and water; nestle duck back in.
5. Cover and simmer gently until duck is tender; set aside the kids' share.35 min timerKids’ plate comes out here
6. Add apples and return the kids' share; simmer until apples soften.10 min timer