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I'm making dinner for some friends tomorrow night. I have some duck legs which I am intending to roast with some new potatoes. I also have a pointed cabbage.

I can't decide what to do with the cabbage, or what sort of a sauce I should do, if any.

Suggestions would be welcome.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 15:55, 5 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

OK
Pancetta, butter and some garlic into a pan, shredded cabbage in for 10 mins on low heat.
Lid off, mix it up and chuck in some parmesan and mozzarella. A touch of water and it tastes fantastic
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 15:57, Reply)

this sounds good too

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 15:59, Reply)

Or go a bit off topic
and try a bit of hoisin with the cabbage. Would work well with duck and resolve the sauce issue too
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:02, Reply)

I'd considered something along those lines
but I'm slightly embroiled in a long-standing cooking contest with them, and had previously made crispy peking duck with homemade pancakes some time ago. I'd forgotten that when I bought the duck, but it's too late now so I just need to try and make sure they forget
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:04, Reply)

Roast duck with 5 spice
Roast potato using the fat, cabbage as first reply
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:08, Reply)

dauphinoise potatoes, easy and everyone loves them
You can cut them out with a pastry cutter into a nice cylinder
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:13, Reply)

Put it in your bottom.

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 15:57, Reply)

Creme fraiche, lardons and a little nutmeg
easy and nyomy
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 15:57, Reply)

I like the sound of this
I can visualise it working with the duck
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 15:58, Reply)

Or maybe with some chesnuts, butter, lardons and cranberries

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:00, Reply)

No, you can SEE it working with the duck
A good cook you might be but that much of a poncey twat you are not
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:00, Reply)

I am a massively poncey twat
I didn't mean visualise though, I meant taste
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:02, Reply)

I stand corrected
You are Heston Blumenthal AICM complimentary meal
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:05, Reply)

Duck is really nice with a cassole of pulses and spicy sausage
A hearty, herby and warming dish
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:07, Reply)

don't think I'll have the time for that to cook long enough

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:08, Reply)

fair enough, it is mighty tasty though and now i want it for supper

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:09, Reply)

don't thread jack me with your smug "I have friends" and "I can cook" rubbish
I had spaghetti shapes for lunch by myself.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:09, Reply)

What kind of shapes?
i used to like the Thomas the Tank Engine ones
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:10, Reply)

I had spaghetti hoops with my dinner last night
/heston
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:14, Reply)

SPIDERMAN!
I had Tom & Jerry last week
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:19, Reply)

Did you sit crying in a store cupboard
Because no-one at work likes you?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:10, Reply)

I'm at home, but thanks.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:19, Reply)

argh!
I now have the "I can cook" theme tune in my head. Cheers
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 16:16, Reply)