How do you serve rillettes de canard?
Mia Russell
Updated on May 06, 2026
- In France Rillettes are traditionally served spread on crusty bread with dill pickles and pickled onions.
- Rillettes also make a fantastic make-ahead sandwich as they will stay good at room temperature for several hours without making your bread soggy.
- Or use them on bruschetta.
Likewise, how do you eat rillettes de canard?
Rillettes are typically eaten on slices of bread or toast, including sourdough bread, crostini, baguettes and Melba toast. Rillettes are also eaten on sandwiches and open-faced sandwiches, on crudité and used as pasta stuffing.
Secondly, how do you serve rillettes d Oie? Goose meat is slowly cooked in goose fat and seasoned with spices (no alcohol and no pork) until the meat becomes soft and melty. These rillettes are an absolute pleasure to eat with their soft texture and the right level of fat. Perfect spread on toast, crackers or lavosh or on a nice crusty piece of bread.
Also question is, how do you serve rillettes?
To serve, cut up some baguettes, spread them with rillettes, and place them on a serving platter with things like olives, pickles, pepperoncini, pickled asparagus, pickled onions, pickled peppers, etc. Serve as hors d'oeuvres or enjoy them as a light meal. Enjoy!
Do you need to refrigerate rillettes?
In their book, Pâté, Confit, Rillette: Recipes from the Craft of Charcuterie, Brian Polycyn and Michael Ruhlman say, “Properly stored and completely sealed with the fat, rillettes will keep for up to a month in the refrigerator.â€