Duck
Duck related items:
Which wine with duck?
“Rich well developed wines of complexity like a fine Rhône, Burgundy or a fine Portuguese red like a Bairrada. Rich Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon or a wine from southwest France like a Madiran or Cahors.”
Ballontines:
Ducks are suitable in a ballontine – multi‑bird (three birds of your choice) roasts made to order.
- Whole duck
- Stuffed
- Breasts
- Stuffed portions
- Legs
- Mini-fillets
- Part of a Ballontine
A whole Gressingham Duck weighs about 1.8kg.
Gressingham ducks:
- high breast meat content
- succulent, tender meat
- a gamey flavour
- lower fat content
- thin and crispy skin
The Gressingham duck is a cross between the Wild Mallard and Pekin breeds of duck. They have succulent flavoursome meat— more so than other breeds. A Gressingham duck has approximately 20% more breast meat than other breeds of duck of the same weight.
The ducks are reared on numerous farms all in East Anglia. Mostly they’re barn reared. They have natural light and ventilation, and fresh straw bedding daily. Gressingham Foods, the suppliers of Gressingham ducks, work with RSPCA to ensure good living standards for the ducks.
The duck’s feed contains no growth enhancers or antibiotics.
Food miles
The full distance Gressingham ducks travel from their sources to our shop:
| Hatcheries | 0-81 miles → | Farms | 0-32 miles → | Processing | 19-45 miles → | Distributors | 8-35 miles → | Our shop | Total: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two farms in East Anglia | Numerous farms all in East Anglia | Nr. Woodbridge, Suffolk | Haughley New Street, Suffolk, or Norwich, Norfolk | Walsham le Willows, Suffolk | 32 to 187 miles |
Supplied by Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW.