Ingredients: Duck fat ( French origin )
Average nutritional values per 100g: Energy 3690kJ/Kcal; Fat 99.8g of which saturated fatty acids 33.2g; Carbohydrates 0g of which sugars 0g; Proteins 0g; Salt 0g.
Suggestions : Reserve the Gers duck fat to prepare the accompanying vegetables: ceps, green beans, sautéed potatoes. Or candy your meat in the duck fat to preserve it in jars.
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A virtuous diet to consume almost without moderation, or not ...
It was in the Middle Ages that the Jews, to whom the consumption of many fats was forbidden, had the happy idea of using duck fat in order to cook their dishes. This habit has been adopted and preserved in the traditional cuisine of Gers. Later our ancestors took the habit of preserving the duck by making it confire in its fat. Great good taken to all these glorious ancients. Because the duck fat has beneficial and unique virtues in the world. It is this very special diet that would lead to the important longevity that our department knows. Indeed, according to several scientific studies, the composition of the duck fat would be beneficial and would fight against the cardiovascular diseases. Leading, as a result, a life expectancy higher than average.
For better preservation
In addition to preserving our arteries with great efficiency, duck fat is also likely to preserve food. In fact, it is used to preserve our meats, which not only enhances the taste, but also keeps them for several months. You can also try it yourself. A good casserole and an oven are enough with a good dose of patience and love boosted by a greed that is no longer a sin.
Come to the table:
The inhabitants of the Southwest, great consumers of cuisine made with goose and duck fat, have one of the best life expectancies, we have already said. But also an incomparable Gascon good mood. A good mood that is certainly due to all the good dishes that are cooked in our regions. Dishes regularly made using duck fat as fat. This gives a very particular and unforgettable taste to all these dishes. Cooking vegetables in these conditions allows to enhance their taste quality and to easily marry them with our confits or our duck breasts from Gers.
