Olerai Farm Duck Fat – 250g

Please note that Olerai duck products are currently unavailable as the ducks are yet to mature. Luckily, we’ve got you covered with similarly exceptional alternative duck products from Ololo Farm & Ruaraka Duck.

Cooking with duck fat is indulgence at it’s best – Nigella style, no holds barred, pure old school. Indulge in this when you’re making roast potatoes, and you’ll find you have the crispiest, tastiest roast of all. It’s got a high smoke point, which means you can cook it at a high temperature without the flavour being lost, explaining why it’s such a tasty fat to cook with. Before you protest at how unhealthy cooking with duck fat may be, a recent study has shown what the French have known all along: duck fat is low in saturated fat and high in unsaturated fat, making it one of healthiest animal fats you can eat. Duck fat contains only 33% saturated fat, 62% unsaturated fat (13.7% of which is polyunsaturated fat, containing Omega-6 and Omega-3 essential oils). Duck fat is closer nutritionally to olive oil, with 75% monounsaturated fat, 13% saturated fat, 10% Omega-6 linoleic acid and 2% Omega-3 linoleic acid, than it is to other animal fats. And it has less saturated fat than butter (which has 51%)… So whilst it may not be an every day cooking fat, when you do use it, use it sans guilt!