Braised duck with bacon, prunes and kale.

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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.

Banquet

Neil Perry's duck, olive and date tagine

2 hrs +
Neil Perry

Duck, verjuice and celeriac ragout served with strozzapreti pasta and radicchio.

Pasta dish

Karen Martini's braised duck, verjuice and celeriac ragout

2 hrs +
Karen Martini

Andrew McConnell's braised duck legs. — EASY

Casseroles & braises

Braised duck with bacon, prunes and kale

2 hrs +
Andrew McConnell

Duck and grapefruit salad with honey-miso dressing and crispy wontons.

Banquet

Duck and grapefruit salad with honey-miso dressing

< 30 mins
Adam Liaw

Braised duck legs with carrots, chickpeas, orange and anise.

Casseroles & braises

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

1-2 hrs
Karen Martini

Confit duck with roasted mango cheeks.

Poultry

Neil Perry's duck confit with roasted mango

2 hrs +
Neil Perry

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Miso Duck with tonkatsu sauce

Poultry

Miso duck with tonkatsu sauce

1-2 hrs
Jill Dupleix

Crispy confit duck salad with gin-pickled watermelon.

Salad

Spiced duck salad with pickled watermelon

1-2 hrs
Karen Martini

Slow-cooked duck with beetroot relish.

Roast

Slow cooked duck legs with beetroot relish

2 hrs +
Neil Perry

Neil Perry's roast duck with cherries.

Banquet

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.

Poultry

Whole boneless duck with fig and hazelnut stuffing

2 hrs +
Danielle Alvarez

Grilled duck breast with grapes

Poultry

Grilled duck breast with grapes

< 30 mins
Steve Manfredi

Kylie Kwong's spicy salt duck breasts with lemon. — EASY

Poultry

Kylie Kwong's spicy-salt duck breasts with lemon

30 mins - 1 hr
Kylie Kwong

This duck dish swaps risotto for farro.

Rice & risotto

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

Salad

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.

Curry

Thai red duck curry

< 30 mins
Tony Tan

This duck braise will feature on the Jade Temple menu.

Seafood

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.

Banquet

Deep-fried duck with plum and orange sauce recipe

1-2 hrs
Kylie Kwong

Twice-cooked sticky duck with charred Asian greens.

Duck

Twice cooked sticky duck recipe

2 hrs +
Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy

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Curry

Barbecue duck curry with lychees

30 mins - 1 hr

Neil Perry's duck braised with white beans and pancetta.

Poultry

Braised duck marylands with beans and pancetta

2 hrs +
Neil Perry

Duck salad with ruby grapefruit and hazelnuts.

Poultry

Salad of duck with ruby grapefruit, hazelnuts and radicchio

2 hrs +
Neil Perry

Schnitzel — EASY

Meat

Duck schnitzel

30 mins - 1 hr
Jill Dupleix

Eggnet omelet.

Meat

Eggnet omelet with Asian-style duck

1-2 hrs
Caroline Velik

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Duck, olive and date tagine.

Poultry

Duck, olive and date tagine

1-2 hrs

Jungle curry of duck

Poultry

Jungle curry of duck

1-2 hrs
Jane and Jeremy Strode

Duck larb

Rice & risotto

Duck larb with crispy duck skin

30 mins - 1 hr
Adam Liaw

Andrew McConnell's duck fat potatoes. — EASY

Banquet

Duck fat roast potatoes

1-2 hrs
Andrew McConnell

Red pork belly curry.

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

Poultry

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

< 30 mins
Neil Perry

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