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Serves 2 Prep  10 mins Cooking 30 mins Easy  
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Ingredients

1/2 cucumber cut into match sticks
small bunch spring onions, shredded
Chinese pancakes, shop bought
For the duck
1tbsp honey
1 tbsp Chinese five-spice powder
2 duck breasts, ± 170g each

For the plum sauce
5 plums, halved & stoned
50ml agave syrup
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder

  1. The Duck: Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Mix the honey and five-spice in a bowl, then brush all over the duck. Transfer to a roasting tin and roast for 25-30 mins until bronzed. Cool for 10 mins, then shred the meat and finely slice the skin.

  2. The Sauce: Crispy duck with pancakes recipe | BBC Good Food While the duck is cooking, put all the plum sauce ingredients in a saucepan and simmer gently over a medium heat for 15 mins or until the plums are soft and the sauce is thick. Using a stick blender, blend until smooth.

  3. The pancakes: Brush a frying pan with the oil and cook each pancake over a medium heat for 20 secs each side or until cooked but not browned.

  4. To serve: Spread a pancake with a little plum sauce. Top with the shredded duck, a few pieces of cucumber and spring onion.

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