Chinese Duck With Plum Sauce And Chinois Pancakes Recipes

Steps:

• Lightly score into the skin of the duck legs.
• In boiling hot water, add vinegar and sugar. Stir.
• Submerge the duck legs in the glaze mix for 20 seconds.
• Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F).
• Pad dry the duck legs with kitchen roll.
• Mix well all the marinade ingredients.
• Give the duck legs a good rub in the marinade.
• On a cooling rack set over a baking tray, place a bed of the marinade then put the duck legs on top. Make sure they are skin side up.
• Roast the duck legs for 30 minutes on 160°C (320°F).
• Turn up the oven to 200°C (400˚F) and roast the duck for another 20 minutes.
• Rest the duck legs for 10 minutes, then shred them with two forks.
• Serve with Chinese pancakes, hoisin sauce, shredded spring onions, and sliced cucumber.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Place the plums, sugar, apple cider vinegar, unseasoned rice vinegar, soy sauce, Chinese five-spice powder, ginger coins, chile and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a small pot. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium, cover and simmer until the plums are soft, about 20 minutes.
• Allow the mixture to cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to a blender, filling halfway. Put the lid on, leaving one corner open. Cover the lid with a kitchen towel to catch splatters, and pulse until smooth. Alternatively, use an immersion blender until smooth.
• Transfer the blended plum mixture back to the same pot and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the mixture is thick and you can see the bottom of the pot when you run a rubber spatula across the bottom, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer to a medium bowl or plate to cool to room temperature, about 2 hours.
• The sauce can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or in the freezer for up to 2 months.

Steps:

• In a large pot, bring the water to a boil. Place the duck in boiling water and simmer for 5 minutes. Let cool and dry. While the duck is cooling, in a saucepan, add peanut
• oil. Heat. Add ginger, star anise, Chinese five spice powder, soy sauce and honey. Add sesame oil. Bring mixture to a boil. Cover duck with marinade and place in the refrigerator overnight.
• The next day: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Drain and pat duck dry. In a roasting pan with rack and 1/2 cup of water. Roast 2 hours. Let cool then, remove the meat from the carcass and save the skin. Cut the duck into strips, and then assemble the pancake.
• In a warm oven or grill, heat the pancake. Spread 1/2 tablespoon hoisin sauce over each pancake. Place 2 to 3 ounces of duck, 2 cucumber strips and 2 scallion strips in front of the pancake. Then roll it like sushi into a tube shape. Cut off the end, then cut the remaining pieces into 1-inch rounds. Arrange on a serving tray and garnish with the crisp skin and fresh cilantro

Steps:

• Heat oven to 140C/120C fan/gas 1. Loosen the skin on the duck by wriggling first your fingers, then your hand between it and the flesh until it pulls away - be careful not to break the skin. Trim off any excess fat from cavity and skin around the neck. Rub the skin all over with the five-spice plus a good sprinkling of salt. Put the duck in a roasting tin and push the star anise, orange peel and orange halves inside. Spoon the vinegar, rice wine and stock into the cavity, don't worry if it spills out again. Cover the roasting tin with a tent of foil and cook for 2 hrs.
• Turn oven up to 240C/220C fan/gas 7. Take foil off, pour off any juices (keep for the noodles, see 'Goes well with') and return duck to the oven for 30-40 mins or until the skin is browned and crisp.
• Once cooked let it rest for 10 mins. Slice off the breasts and shred meat and skin. Pile onto a plate, keeping meat and skin separate. Keep warm in a low oven, covering meat with foil to stop it drying out but skin uncovered to crisp it further. (Remove the rest of the meat in chunks for the noodles - see 'Goes well with'.)
• Heat the pancakes and serve the duck with accompaniments.

Steps:

• The duckHeat 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.
• Plum sauceWhile 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.
• PancakesWhile the sauce is cooking, put the flour, 125ml boiling water and a pinch of salt in a bowl and mix together until it forms a dough. When cool enough to handle, knead for 5-10 mins. Divide it into 10 little balls and roll each one out as thin as you can. 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.
• To serveSpread a pancake with a little plum sauce. Top with the shredded duck, a few pieces of cucumber and spring onion.