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Duck confit Garbure (a traditional Gascon stew)

Gascon garbure with duck confit

Main dishes

Gasconian bean soup: a hearty peasant soup made with beans, cabbage, turnips, carrots, and apples, enhanced with duck confit or duck and served with bread.

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In the Gascon region, garbure was a daily staple at the farm. The vegetables are cooked for a long time, and then the duck confit or goose confit adds richness and flavor; it is considered a successful dish when a spoon can stand upright in the pot.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time1 hr 30 min
  • Total1 hr 50 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodnibbled
  • Estimated cost$28.17 $4.70 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

6 people
  • $3.47
  • $0.64
  • $0.77
  • $6.68
  • $0.41
  • $14.05
  • $0.94
  • $0.27
  • $0.90
  • $0.04

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Wash the vegetables and chop them into pieces. Mince the garlic and parsley. ≈ 8 min
  2. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add the vegetables, garlic, and parsley.
  3. Cook for 30 minutes in a pressure cooker, or for 1 hour in a regular stockpot.
  4. Remove the confit from its packaging and add it directly to the stockpot. ≈ 3 min
  5. Continue to cook for another half hour, without covering. Adjust the salt to taste.
  6. Add the bread slices and serve. The stew should be very thick: it is said that a spoon should be able to stand upright in the middle of the pot. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Gascon garbure with duck confit

  • 500 g of green beans or dried beans$3.47
  • 300 g of ground apples$0.64
  • 250 g of carrots$0.77
  • 3 turnips$6.68
  • 2 onions$0.41
  • Duck confit or goose confit (1 can)$14.05
  • A large quantity of bread, sliced$0.94
  • garlic$0.27
  • parsley$0.90
  • salt$0.04

Total$28.17

that's $4.70 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 500 g of green beans or dried beans
  • 300 g of ground apples
  • 250 g of carrots
  • 3 turnips
  • 2 onions
  • 1 small cabbage
  • Duck confit or goose confit (1 can)
  • A large quantity of bread, sliced
  • garlic
  • parsley
  • salt

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