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Duck & plum salad

Name: Duck & plum salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 duck legs; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder; 2 medium carrots sliced into thin, long matchsticks; 4 spring onions sliced into matchsticks; 4 ripe plums halved and sliced into 8 thin wedges; handful of coriander leaves, chopped; handful of roasted peanuts chopped; 1⁄2-1 tsp fish sauce (optional); 1 lime juiced

Samuel Goldsmith

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Serves 2

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 45 mins

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Pair the winning combination of duck and plums together in this colourful salad. It's a great way to use up a glut of homegrown plums at the end of summer

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Ingredients

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2 duck legs
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
2 medium carrots

sliced into thin, long matchsticks
4 spring onions

sliced into matchsticks
4 ripe plums

halved and sliced into 8 thin wedges
handful of coriander

leaves, chopped
handful of roasted peanuts

chopped
1⁄2-1 tsp fish sauce

(optional)
1 lime

juiced

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal403
fat25g
saturates6g
carbs13g
sugars12g
fibre5g
protein30g
salt0.4g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Put the duck legs in a small roasting tin and rub over the olive oil, Chinese five-spice and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Roast for 1 hr 30 mins-1 hr 45 mins until tender and easily pulled apart. Leave to cool, then shred the meat using two forks.
step 2

Put the carrots, spring onions, plums, coriander leaves and peanuts in a bowl and toss to combine. Drizzle in the fish sauce, if using, and the lime juice. Toss again.
step 3

Tip the duck meat into a bowl or onto a serving platter, then top with the plum salad to serve.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2023

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