Low-carb duck salad with oranges, lamb's lettuce and walnuts

Low-carb duck salad with leftover duck breast from the festive meal, orange segments, lamb's lettuce, chicory and toasted walnuts in a mustard dressing. A lunch from leftovers with 39 g protein.

At a glance

• Serves 2
• Prep time: 15 min
• Cooking time: 5 min
• Total time: 20 min
• Calories: 575 kcal per serving
• Protein: 39 g
• Fat: 39 g
• Carbs: 16 g

Ingredients

• 300g duck breast
• 2 oranges
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 40g walnuts
• 100g lamb's lettuce
• 1 chicory head
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 pinch of pepper

Method

You’ll need: frying pan · chopping board · knife

1. Thinly slice the cooked duck breast and warm it in a dry frying pan for 1 minute.
2. Peel the oranges with a knife, removing the pith, and cut out the segments, catching the juice as you go.
3. Whisk the orange juice with the mustard, cider vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper into a dressing.
4. Toast the walnuts in a dry frying pan for 3 minutes and roughly chop them. Wash the lamb's lettuce and cut the chicory into strips.
5. Toss the lamb's lettuce, chicory and orange segments with the dressing, divide everything between two plates and top with the duck and walnuts.

Good to know

If there's duck left over from Christmas dinner, it becomes a salad the next day. Orange and lamb's lettuce go with duck as well as red cabbage does. You make the dressing from the juice that drips off as you cut the segments.

Swaps

Duck breast → goose breast or leftover roast turkey. Lamb's lettuce → rocket. Walnuts → pecans. Chicory → radicchio.

Cooking tips

Without leftovers: score the skin of two duck breasts, fry them skin side down for 8 minutes and flesh side down for 4 minutes, then leave them to rest for 5 minutes.

Storage

Only dress it just before eating; cooked duck keeps in the fridge for 2 days, the dressing for 4 days.

Allergens

Contains walnuts and mustard; gluten-free, no milk or egg. Suitable for children; in pregnancy, only use duck that's cooked right through.

Frequently asked questions

How long does duck salad keep in the fridge?

Only dress it just before eating; cooked duck keeps in the fridge for 2 days, the dressing for 4 days.

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