Honeyed duck
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Acacia honey makes makes the perfect glaze for succulent crisp-fried then roasted duck breasts.
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Prep time: 15 mins
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Cooking time: 15 - 20 mins
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 4 medium duck breasts, trimmed
- 4tbsp sunflower oil
- 1tbsp Chinese Five Spice
- 1tbsp acacia honey
- 5cm (2in) piece of ginger, peeled and in matchsticks
- 2 fat cloves garlic, peeled and in thin slices
- 2 spring onions, trimmed and sliced in strips
- 225g (8oz) pak choy, trimmed
- Coriander sprigs for decoration
Method
- Brush duck breasts with 1tbsp oil, then rub with Chinese Five Spice.
- Heat 1tbsp oil in a non-stick pan and cook duck skin-side down first until crisp and golden.. about 4 mins. Turn over and cook the other side the same. With the skin side up, place in a pre-heated oven at 200°C/400°F/gas 6 for 10 mins, or until cooked to preference, drizzling with honey for the last 5 mins of cooking.
- Heat the remaining oil in the duck pan and fry ginger, garlic and spring onions. Add to duck in roasting pan. Meanwhile cook pak choy in salted boiling water until just tender. Drain.
- Spoon ginger and garlic mix onto four warmed serving plates and put duck breasts on top. Serve with pak choy and decorate with coriander sprigs.
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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