Crispy Duck and Peach Pancakes |
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Serves 2 |
Prep 30 mins |
Cooking 1h 30 mins |
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Ingredients |
2 duck legs
1 tsp Chinese five spice
12 spring onions, both ends trimmed
1 tsp sesame oil
10-12 readymade Chinese pancakes
1-2 handful of bean sprouts, blanched
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Peach Sauce
2 large peaches, halved and stoned
3 tbsp orange juice
1 tbsp honey diluted in a little water
1/2 tsp Chinese five spice
1 tbsp rice wine vinegar |
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The day before, or at least a few
hours before, use a fork to prick the skin of the duck
legs all over. Mix the five spice , 1/2 tsp cracked black
pepper and 1 tsp salt and rub all over the duck. Leave
them to sit in the fridge in a baking dish for a few
hours, or overnight.
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To cook, heat the oven to 200C/ Fan
180C/ Gas 6. Pat the duck legs dry and sit skin-side down
in a cold frying pan. Put over a medium-high heat and cook
until the skin is crisp and brown. Turn to crisp up the
underside, then lift into a small roasting tin. Brush the
tops with honey, diluted with a little water, and pour
200ml water around the duck legs. Put in the oven to roast
for 20 mins while you prepare the peaches.
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Put the peach halves in a small
baking dish, skin-side down, and scatter with the orange
juice, and 1/2 tsp of Chinese five spice powder. When the
duck has been cooking for 20 mins, turn the oven down to
140C/ Fan 10C/ Gas 1, add the peach dish to the shelf
below, and bake for another 45 mins together.
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Remove the peaches, and turn the oven
back up to 200C/ Fan 180C/ Gas 6. Leave the duck in the
oven for another 15 mins until really tender, the meat
should fall from the bone and the skin should be crisp.
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Peel away the skin from the peaches
and discard. Put the peach flesh, along with any juices
from the peach dish into a blender. Add the vinegar and
whizz to a smooth puree, then leave to cool in a bowl.
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Toss the spring onions with the
sesame oil and griddle in two batches until charred and
tender, then cut into bite-sized pieces. Warm the
pancakes.
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To serve, spread a pancake with some
peach sauce. Shred over some duck meat, add a few griddled
spring onion pieces and a few bean sprouts, then roll and
eat.
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