The How and Why of Cooking With Duck Fat
Duck fat is a healthy way to up the flavor ante
Duck fat is a traditional cooking fat used in many cultures around the world. It’s well known for making some of the most delicious and perfectly crisp French fries you could find anywhere. However, duck fat is useful far beyond fries.
Duck fat has an excellent nutritional profile and its mild flavor and smooth texture make it a delicious addition to many of the dishes you probably already make. Read on to learn more about why you should consider adding duck fat to your culinary toolbox and how to do it!
The nutritional significance of duck fat
Duck fat has a melting point of 14 degrees Celsius and behaves kind of like lard mixed with olive oil. It’s usually a liquid at room temperature. The lipid composition of duck fat is also somewhere between lard and olive oil, closer to the lard side of things. See the table below for a comparison of the lipid composition of these cooking fats.
Since duck fat contains a low PUFA content and high MUFA and saturated fat content, it is certainly on my list of…
