Duck cassoulet is the perfect winter ... Navy beans – There is no need to soak navy beans with this recipe. Great Northern beans or traditional French flageolets beans can be used instead.

Originally the cherries for this classic French recipe would have to be fresh, so the time of year you could make this was restricted. Now you can use frozen ones if needed. Sit the duck ...

Take a food processor and add flour, salt, sugar and cold chilled French butter preferably ... this is now ready to be used in any recipe. Once the water is boiling, add the duck into it and cover ...