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Duck & Mushroom Pancakes
Serves 4-6
Ingredients
DUCK
4 medium duck breasts, skin on
2 tsp five-spice powder
pinch sea salt
PANCAKES
300g flour
pinch sea salt
250ml boiling water
3 tbsp sesame oil
PLUM SAUCE
6 plums, halved and stoned
¼ cup brown sugar
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp sherry vinegar
FIVE-SPICE MUSHROOMS
250g portabellini mushrooms, sliced
1 tsp five-spice powder
salt and pepper, to taste
TO SERVE
1 cucumber, cut into matchsticks
4 spring onions, julienned
hoisin sauce
fresh coriander
Method
1 The night before, rub the flesh of the duck breasts with the five-spice and salt. Place duck breasts, skin side up, on a rack on top of a tray and refrigerate overnight to marinate and let the skin dry out.
2 For the pancakes, mix the flour and salt in a heatproof bowl. Pour in the boiling water and mix until a dough forms. Once cool enough to handle, knead the dough until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rest for 20 minutes.
3 Divide into 18 little balls. Cover with plastic wrap.
4 Working with two balls at a time, flatten them into little discs. Brush sesame oil on the surface of one disc. Then overlay with the other disc. Roll out the two pieces sandwiched together into 20cm pancakes.
5 Brush a non-stick frying pan on medium low heat with a little neutral oil and place one pancake into the pan. After a minute you should see air pockets begin to form between the two pancakes. Flip the pancake until both sides have faint little golden brown dots on them.
6 Remove the pancake and, when cool enough to handle, carefully pull the two pancakes apart at the seams. Place finished pancakes onto a plate and cover with a dish cloth.
7 For the plum sauce, place all the plum sauce ingredients in a saucepan. Mix and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cook until the plums are soft, falling apart easily and the sauce is thick. Switch off the heat and, using a stick blender, blend until smooth. Set aside.
8 For the duck, place the breasts, skin side down, in a cold cast iron frying pan over a medium-high heat. As the duck cooks and the fat renders, tilt the pan towards you and spoon out the excess fat. Cook the duck breasts until the skin is deeply golden brown and crisp. At least 10 minutes.
9 Turn over and cook for about 3 minutes on the flesh side. To test the doneness of the duck breasts, press with your finger – they should be firm but still springy to the touch. If you have a meat thermometer, it should read 54˚C for rare, 61˚C for medium and 65˚C for medium/well done. The best cook for these pancakes is medium. Allow the duck breast to rest for 10 minutes before slicing.
10 In the same pan with a little residual duck fat, fry the mushrooms until golden brown. Season with five-spice, salt and pepper.
11 To assemble the pancakes, serve pancakes family style with sliced duck, five-spice mushrooms, cucumber sticks, spring onion, plum sauce, hoisin and fresh coriander.