Spiced Orange-Glazed Duck

Spiced Orange-Glazed Duck
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Spiced Orange-Glazed Duck

East meets west in this Chinese Lunar inspired dish. 


(Credit to @yorkshire.foody)

Spiced Orange-Glazed Duck

Ingredients

  • Glazed Duck
  • 2 x Gressingham duck legs
  • 1 tsp 5-spice
  • Juice 2 oranges
  • Zest 1 orange
  • 4 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 1½ tbsp Hilltop Blossom Honey

  • pinch of chilli flakes
  • 200g Parnsips (peeled and shaped)
  • 30g butter
  • 100ml vegetable stock
  • Chopped Tarragon
  • 20g butter
  • 320g carrots, peeled and sliced
  • 2 star anise
  • 200ml veg stock
  • splash of milk or cream
  • Squeeze of lemon juice
  • 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 3cm ginger
  • 200g pak choi, quartered
  • 1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce

Directions

  1. Dry skin of the duck and prick all over. Season with salt.
  2. Place in a roasting tin in an oven for 90 mins at 160C Fan. Baste frequently with pan juices.
  3. Whisk orange juice & zest, soy, honey, & 5 spice and chilli flakes and add to a pan. Bring to a simmer and cook until you have a syrupy consistency. Brush over the duck every 10 mins for the last 30 mins cooking time.
  4. Place the parnsips in a hot pan with butter and leave to caramelise for 5 mins.
  5. Carefully turn it over, add herbs, stock and, loosely cover and cook in the oven with the duck for 30 minutes or until cooked through.
  6. Melt butter in a pan. Add carrots, and star anise. Slowly cook for 10 mins. Pour in the stock and bring to the boil, simmer for 10-15 mins until cooked.
  7. Add in the milk or cream, bring back to the boil and simmer for 1 min. Remove from the heat, take out the star anise and stir through the lemon juice. Season to taste, then blitz until as smooth as possible.
  8. Heat the oil in a wok, stir-fry the ginger for 1 min. Add the pak choi and stir-fry for 4-5 mins. Pour over the soy and cook for a further minute or until wilted.
  9. Plate and drizzle with the remaining glaze.