Roast Duck Legs but Soft Potatoes

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Nigella's Roast Duck Legs And Potatoes is a type of traybake - a one-pan dish where the potatoes are roasted with the duck legs. The potatoes absorb flavour from and crisp up in the duck fat. The potatoes should stay fairly whole as they roast as a crisp coating will form on the outside but the interior will be soft.

It could be that the roasting pan was slightly too small, which caused the potatoes to steam rather than to roast. They will not then develop a crust and could break up as they are turned. To prevent this happening again try to use a pan that is big enough for the potatoes and duck to be spread out in a single layer.