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30 delicious recipes to celebrate National Duck Day

Never cooked duck at home? Give these recipes a go for Australia’s inaugural National Duck Day on Tuesday, May 23.

30 recipes
Neil Perry's duck tagine is on high rotation during winter.

Neil Perry's duck, olive and date tagine

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Duck, verjuice and celeriac ragout served with strozzapreti pasta and radicchio.

Karen Martini's braised duck, verjuice and celeriac ragout

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Andrew McConnell's braised duck legs.
EASY

Braised duck with bacon, prunes and kale

  • 2 hrs +
  • Andrew McConnell
Duck and grapefruit salad with honey-miso dressing and crispy wontons.

Duck and grapefruit salad with honey-miso dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Braised duck legs with carrots, chickpeas, orange and anise.

Karen Martini's duck with chickpeas, carrots, orange and anise

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Confit duck with roasted mango cheeks.

Neil Perry's duck confit with roasted mango

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
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Miso Duck with tonkatsu sauce

Miso duck with tonkatsu sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Crispy confit duck salad with gin-pickled watermelon.

Spiced duck salad with pickled watermelon

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Slow-cooked duck with beetroot relish.

Slow cooked duck legs with beetroot relish

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's roast duck with cherries.

Neil Perry's roast duck with cherries

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Chef Danielle Alvarez of Fred's in Sydney is opting for duck this Easter Sunday.

Whole boneless duck with fig and hazelnut stuffing

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Grilled duck breast with grapes

Grilled duck breast with grapes

  • < 30 mins
  • Steve Manfredi
Kylie Kwong's spicy salt duck breasts with lemon.
EASY

Kylie Kwong's spicy-salt duck breasts with lemon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Kylie Kwong
This duck dish swaps risotto for farro.

Duck breast with balsamic glaze, farro and cavolo nero

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
If it's too hot, sub in tinned lentils for this summery duck salad.
EASY

Crisp-skinned duck, lentil, broccoli and walnut salad recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
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Red curry paste combines beautifully with Chinese roast duck.

Thai red duck curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Tony Tan
This duck braise will feature on the Jade Temple menu.

Neil Perry's braised duck leg with chestnuts

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Aussie-Chinese: Deep-fried duck with quandong, Davidson's plum and orange sauce.

Deep-fried duck with plum and orange sauce recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Kylie Kwong
Twice-cooked sticky duck with charred Asian greens.

Twice cooked sticky duck recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
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Barbecue duck curry with lychees

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Neil Perry's duck braised with white beans and pancetta.

Braised duck marylands with beans and pancetta

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Duck salad with ruby grapefruit and hazelnuts.

Salad of duck with ruby grapefruit, hazelnuts and radicchio

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Schnitzel
EASY

Duck schnitzel

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Eggnet omelet.

Eggnet omelet with Asian-style duck

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Caroline Velik
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Duck, olive and date tagine.

Duck, olive and date tagine

  • 1-2 hrs
Jungle curry of duck

Jungle curry of duck

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jane and Jeremy Strode
Duck larb

Duck larb with crispy duck skin

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Andrew McConnell's duck fat potatoes.
EASY

Duck fat roast potatoes

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Andrew McConnell
Red pork belly curry.

Neil Perry’s roast pork belly red curry (sub for duck)

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
A simple braise suitable for a midweek dinner.
EASY

Spanish chicken with garlic and fresh bay leaves (sub for duck)

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry

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