3 Duck Legs
2 Star Anise
½tsp Chinese Five Spice
½tsp Jars of Goose Fat
1 Pack of Vietnamese Rice Papers
Bunch of Mint
Bunch of Coriander
Cucumber, cut in half and then into thin long strips
Lucinda Hamilton brings a flavour of summer to the table with her recipes for heavenly canapés
- Smear the duck legs with the spice.
- Place in a shallow roasting tin and cover with the goose fat.
- Cover with foil and cook in oven at 140°C for a couple of hours.
- Remove from oven and drain all the fat (it can be reused so put it back in the clean jars and refrigerate until required).
- Turn up the heat of the oven to 220°C.
- Pat the duck legs dry and place in a baking tray and crisp up in really hot oven until golden-coloured and very crispy.
- Remove from oven and shred meat off the bone with two forks as soon as possible. Discard the bones and keep the shredded flesh.
- Mix 1½ tbsp plum sauce and 1½ tbsp hoisin sauce into the shredded meat.
- Get all your ingredients prepared and to hand, with a shallow dish of warm water and some kitchen towel.
- Submerge one rice paper in water until it is soft. Remove and drain on kitchen paper and then turn over.
- Place a couple of mint leaves along the middle. Place 3-4 coriander leaves along the middle. Spread 1 large teaspoon of meat on top of the herbs. Place 3-4 strips of cucumber alongside the meat
- Fold the edge of the paper closest to you over the filling quite tightly. Fold in the sides and then roll up tightly to make a neat parcel.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve with dipping sauce. Bring rolls up to room temperature before serving.
For the Dipping Sauce mix together
- 3 tbsp plum sauce
- 3 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 1 tsp sweet chilli sauce
- words: Lucinda Hamilton
- pictures: David Merewether
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