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Seared duck with roasted plum relish and pancakes

Duck pancakes get a Szechuan hit thanks to homemade seasoning.
Marina Oliphant
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Ingredients

PLUM RELISH

Method

1.

Preheat oven to 200°C. To make plum relish, put all plum relish ingredients in a ceramic baking dish just big enough to spread ingredients evenly in 1 layer. Mix well, spreading to a single layer.

2.

Roast plum mixture for 20 minutes or until tender and juices have leached from plums to form a syrup. Remove from oven and set aside to cool to room temperature, undisturbed.

3.

Use mortar and pestle to pound peppercorns, salt and white pepper until fine. Set aside.

4.

Score duck breast skin in crisscross pattern. Season skin with extra salt and white pepper.

5.

Put a large frying pan over a medium heat then add fillets, skin-side down. Cook for 15–20 minutes to render fat. Skin should be well coloured and crispy. Turn fillets over, turn off heat and leave in pan, covered with foil, for about 10 minutes to rest. (The residual heat will cook the fillet enough.) Slice each fillet into about 8–10 slices.

6.

Cook wrappers following pack instructions. To assemble, lay a wrapper on a plate. Put 1 or 2 slices of duck in middle of wrapper, spoon over a little plum relish and finish with cucumber, spring onion and coriander. Sprinkle over a little Szechuan pepper mixture, fold wrappers to enclose filling and serve immediately.

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