Duck breast with ginger and plums

Name: Duck breast with ginger and plums
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon Chinese five spice; 1 large leek, white part only, rinsed and julienned; 4 cm (1½ inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced; 2 tablespoons light brown sugar; 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) brandy; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 9 plums, halved and stones removed; 1 handful coriander (cilantro) leaves, to serve; 1 tablespoon sea salt; ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Simple Table

By Michele Cranston

Published 2016

About

There are a few foods in this world that I think are best left to the professionals, and roast duck is one of them. I know I shouldn’t say things like that, but a roast duck is all about that amazing burnished and crisp skin, which I think can be hard to achieve in a home kitchen. This recipe is a quick-fix, kitchen-friendly option that uses only the breast fillet, which is, after all, the most succulent part of the duck. Its flavourings of white pepper, five spice, ginger and plums take th