Duck Curry

Duck Curry

1. Preheat the oven to 160°C.
2. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean, then cut the bean into 1 inch pieces.
3. Combine the vanilla seeds and curry powder and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
4. Rub mixture into the duck legs. Heat a frying pan over a low heat, add the oil, onions and garlic. Cook gently for about 5 minutes until the onion is soft. Place in a casserole dish. Increase the heat and brown the duck legs on both sides. Transfer to the casserole dish.
5. Add the diced butternut, tomatoes, hot stock and vanilla bean pieces. Place in the oven and cook for 2 hours until the meat starts to pull away from the bone. Remove the lid from the casserole dish, ½ an hour before the end of cooking to reduce the sauce or make a butter and flour paste and whisk into the hot sauce at the end of cooking.