Name: Reviving Asian duck broth
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Main Meals
Ingredients: whole free-range chicken 1,pork bones (if preferred use 4 chicken wings) 200g,onion, peeled and roughly chopped 1,carrots, chopped 2,leeks, roughly sliced 4,x 10cm piece fresh ginger, sliced 1,For the duck ,sesame oil 2T,garlic cloves, crushed with the back of a knife 2,lime, zested 1,duck breasts 2,Salt, to taste ,For the broth ,sesame oil 1T,garlic cloves, peeled and chopped 3,shallots, peeled and chopped 4,lemongrass stalks, crushed with the back of a knife garlic 3,red chillies, finely sliced 2,chicken stock 2l,star anise 4,xylitol 1t,Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper ,rice noodles 300g,handful basil 1,bok choy heads 4,lime, cut into wedges 1

Duck recipes

Duck spring rolls

2 hours, plus 30 minutes if necessary

Roast duck with preserved ginger and figs in gold leaf

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 1 hour, 30 minutes

Ingredients

1 whole duck
Maldon salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 T chopped fresh thyme
175 g preserved ginger, chopped
2 sheets edible gold leaf, to garnish
6 fresh figs, halved, for serving

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C.

Rub the duck with Maldon salt and black pepper and place in a deep roasting tray. Roast for 45 minutes, then remove and pour off all the fat from the tray.

Combine the thyme and chopped ginger, along with the ginger syrup, and spoon over the duck. Return to the oven, spooning the syrup and ginger over the duck every 10 minutes until cooked through.

Remove from the oven, place on greaseproof paper and decorate with the gold leaf and fig halves.

Allow to cool before folding in a parcel of thick brown paper lined with greaseproof paper.

Beetroot vindaloo with butternut purée

Spicy brinjal with lentil pasta

Meatball soup

Reviving Asian duck broth

Spicy plum-and-apple free-range duck with roast baby vegetables

Duck spring rolls

Duck “au vin” with chestnuts, onions and mushrooms

Crispy duck salad “a l’orange”

Seared duck and mango salad

Pomegranate and citrus slow-roasted duck buns

Pasta with duck and duck crackling

Roast asparagus and duck breasts with lemon sauce

Duck in coriander pancakes with litchi and ginger

Sticky-sweet duck with crisp greens