Braised Duck Legs with Shallots and Parsnips

Ingredients

• 8 cups chicken stock, homemade or store-bought
• ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 ¾ teaspoons black pepper
• 2 Turkish bay leaves or 1 halved California bay leaf
• 2 ½ teaspoons salt
• 1 ½ tablespoons fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• + 6 more ingredients
• • 4 pounds parsnips
  • 2 pounds shallots
  • 12 fresh duck legs (7 to 11 lb depending on amount of fat on legs)
  • 2 13- by 9- by 2-inch baking pans
  • fresh thyme sprigs
  • 2 cups dry white wine

Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 450°F. Trim fat and skin from sides of duck legs, leaving a covering of skin on top of legs (there may be fat underneath skin). Reserve 1/2 cup fat (for cooking). Score skin on legs in a 1/2-inch crosshatch pattern, cutting thro...

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