Melissa Hemsley's healthy take on this classic Chinese dish features succulent duck and a brilliant Hoisin sauce.
Ingredients
Duck
Method
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1. Preheat the oven to fan 200°C/Gas mark 7.
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2. With a sharp knife, score the fat of each duck breast in a crisscross pattern, then sprinkle over half the five-spice powder and salt and rub in.
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3. Make the hoisin sauce by whisking all the ingredients together in a bowl, then taste for seasoning and set aside.
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4. Heat up a wide, ovenproof frying pan to a high heat (no oil needed) and place the duck breasts, skin side down, in the pan. Sprinkle over the rest of the spice and salt. Cook for 3 minutes or until most of the fat has rendered, and the duck skin is golden.
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5. Turn the duck breasts over and cook for a further 30 seconds to seal the other side. Place the pan in the oven for the duck to finish cooking – 8 minutes for rare or 10 minutes for medium rare – then remove the duck and leave to rest on a chopping board for 10 minutes. Use this time to make the chickpea batter and, while the duck is resting, use the same pan to make the wraps.
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6. Pour any excess duck fat from the pan into a bowl. 7. Cut the duck breasts into thin slices, sprinkle with chilli flakes and place on a serving plate with the hoisin sauce in a bowl. Put the wraps on another plate and place the sliced cucumber and spring onions in a separate bowl. Let everyone assemble their own pancakes, pouring or spooning the hoisin sauce over the duck before adding the other ingredients.
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Use It Up: Duck and orange go so well together, but if you don’t have an orange, use 2 tablespoons of lemon juice in the hoisin sauce instead. Save the duck fat for frying vegetables.