Crispy Duck Pancakes Food

CRISPY DUCK PANCAKES

Steps:

• The duckHeat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Mix the honey and five-spice in a bowl, then brush all over the duck. Transfer to a roasting tin and roast for 25-30 mins until bronzed. Cool for 10 mins, then shred the meat and finely slice the skin.
• Plum sauceWhile the duck is cooking, put all the plum sauce ingredients in a saucepan and simmer gently over a medium heat for 15 mins or until the plums are soft and the sauce is thick. Using a stick blender, blend until smooth.
• PancakesWhile the sauce is cooking, put the flour, 125ml boiling water and a pinch of salt in a bowl and mix together until it forms a dough. When cool enough to handle, knead for 5-10 mins. Divide it into 10 little balls and roll each one out as thin as you can. Brush a frying pan with the oil and cook each pancake over a medium heat for 20 secs each side or until cooked but not browned.
• To serveSpread a pancake with a little plum sauce. Top with the shredded duck, a few pieces of cucumber and spring onion.

PEKING DUCK WITH PANCAKES

Steps:

• To make the pancakes: Mix the flour, lard, and hot water together and kneed it into dough. Roll it out making the pancakes about 2 millimeters thick, cut out the pancakes in circles 5-inches in diameter. Then slightly pan-fry both sides in a hot pan without oil.
• To make the Peking duck: Rinse and pluck the duck and then hang to dry for about 15 minutes. Put the salt, pepper, hoisin sauce, and five-spice powder inside the duck to marinate it. Then put the duck into the refrigerator for 4 to 6 hours.
• Hold the duck upright and pour the hot boiling water onto its body until it is puffed. Combine the corn syrup, maltose, and vinegar. Paint the duck with a thin layer of the corn syrup mixture. Hang the duck for 4 to 5 hours in a dry area while using a fan to help blow dry it. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F oven and roast the duck for 40 minutes.
• Let meat rest for 15 minutes after cooking. Remove the skin and fat layer from the duck. Scrape the fat from the skin and cut the skin into thin strips. Cut the meat into thin slices. Paint a pancake with hoisin sauce. Put the skin and meat slices onto the hoisin, top with shredded carrots and scallion slices, and then roll the pancake up. Repeat with remaining ingredients.

HOMEMADE CHINESE-STYLE CRISPY DUCK IN A PANCAKE RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Lightly score into the skin of the duck legs.
• In boiling hot water, add vinegar and sugar. Stir.
• Submerge the duck legs in the glaze mix for 20 seconds.
• Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F).
• Pad dry the duck legs with kitchen roll.
• Mix well all the marinade ingredients.
• Give the duck legs a good rub in the marinade.
• On a cooling rack set over a baking tray, place a bed of the marinade then put the duck legs on top. Make sure they are skin side up.
• Roast the duck legs for 30 minutes on 160°C (320°F).
• Turn up the oven to 200°C (400˚F) and roast the duck for another 20 minutes.
• Rest the duck legs for 10 minutes, then shred them with two forks.
• Serve with Chinese pancakes, hoisin sauce, shredded spring onions, and sliced cucumber.
• Enjoy!