Confit de canard is the southwestern French duck leg slow-cooked in its own fat, the canonical Lauragais preserve preparation served with potatoes sarladaise.
Confit is a preserve technique central to southwestern French gastronomy since pre-refrigeration days, when farmers preserved fattened ducks in their own fat for the winter. The Confrerie du Cassoulet of Toulouse requires confit duck as a defining cassoulet ingredient. Today most southwest restaurants either confit in-house or buy from Gers producers.
4 editor picks for Confit de canard in Toulouse, ranked by editorial score. All Toulouse signature dishes · Confit de canard across every city.
Restaurant Emile ★ 4.6
saint-georges · 13 Place Saint-Georges, 31000 Toulouse
Restaurant Emile on Toulouse's pedestrian Place Saint-Georges has been the canonical cassoulet address since 1947, with chef Christophe Fasan in charge.
Chez Navarre ★ 4.5
saint-etienne · 49 Grande Rue Nazareth, 31000 Toulouse
Chez Navarre on Grande Rue Nazareth in Saint-Etienne is the neighbourhood table d'hotes with rustic chalet decor and grandmother-style southwestern plates.
Le Colombier ★ 4.4
capitole · 14 Rue de Bayard, 31000 Toulouse
Le Colombier on Rue de Bayard near Capitole is the cassoulet institution opened in 1874 as a bourgeois boarding house, recipe unchanged for a century.
La Cave au Cassoulet ★ 4.0
carmes · 54 Rue Peyrolieres, 31000 Toulouse
La Cave au Cassoulet on Rue Peyrolieres in Carmes is an unfussy cassoulet specialist with confit duck, sausage and beans baked in clay cassoles.