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Crispy duck with spiced plum recipe
- Cuisine: Modern Australian
- Serves 4-6
Everyone seems to love the combination of crispy-skin duck with spiced plum sauce.
Featured as part of our Cooks and their Books series, this recipe comes courtesy of Allan Campion and Michele Curtis: chefs, parents and award-winning authors.
More recipes by Campion and Curtis
Ingredients
Master Stock (page 118)
4 duck breast fillets
110 g (½ cup) caster sugar
2 star anise
2–3 cinnamon sticks
4–6 plums, halved and stoned
oil
80 ml (¹⁄³ cup) fish sauce
80–125 ml (¹⁄³–½ cup) lime or lemon juice
Steamed Rice (page 198) to serve
Preparation
Bring the Master Stock to the boil. Add the duck fillets, cover and cook for 10 minutes at a gentle simmer. Remove from heat and allow the duck to cool in the stock. Once cool, remove the duck from the stock and refrigerate.
Preheat oven to 180°C.
To make the sauce, place 2 cups of the Master Stock in a saucepan over a medium heat. Bring to the boil, add the caster sugar and stir to dissolve. Add the star anise and cinnamon and cook for 10 minutes to infuse the flavours. Add the plums and cook for 2–3 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
Heat a large frypan over a medium heat. Add a splash of oil and cook the duck fillets for 3–4 minutes on each side, until golden brown. Place on a tray and cook in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, cover and rest for 5 minutes.
Reheat the plum sauce, and add the fish sauce and lemon or lime juice to taste. The sauce should be tart, sweet and sour.
Carve each duck fillet into 6–7 slices. Arrange the duck pieces on a platter and pour on the hot sauce. Serve with Steamed Rice and Chinese Broccoli and Garlic Stir-Fry (page 480).
Recipe from Everyday Cooking by Allan Campion and Michele Curtis with photographs by Greg Elms. Published by Hardie Grant Books.
If you enjoyed this Crispy duck with spiced plum recipe then browse more Modern Australian recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
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