Cantonese Style Roast Corn Fed Duck Crown, Crispy Brussels Sprouts, Lemongrass Honey, Ginger and Butternut Puree

Cantonese Style Roast Corn Fed Duck Crown, Crispy Brussels Sprouts, Lemongrass Honey, Ginger and Butternut Puree from Peter Lloyd is a really special alternative to traditional Christmas dinner. If you're not keen on sprouts then you HAVE to try this deep fried version, you're going to love it!

Ingredients

Duck

1 Duck – Legs & Wings Removed

Marinade
  • 15g Oyster Sauce
  • 15g Soy Sauce
  • 15g Dark Soy Sauce
  • 20g Fermented Red Bean Curd
  • 10g Chinese 5 Spice
  • 2g White Pepper
  • 15ml Rose Wine (Cooking)
  • 15g Sugar
  • 15g Maltose (Heated)
  • 2 Cloves Garlic
  • 2” Piece Ginger
  • 2 Spring Onions
  • 2 Star Anise
Glaze
  • 20g Chinese Red Vinegar
  • 20g Maltose (Heated)
  • 5g Salt
  • 25g Oyster Sauce
  • 25g Hoisin Sauce
Brussels Sprouts
  • 360g Brussels Sprouts cleaned and quartered
  • 10g Mint torn
  • 24g Pickled Red Chilli
  • 3g Toasted White Sesame Seeds
  • 60g Lemongrass Honey
  • Lemon Wedge
Lemongrass Honey
  • 100g Honey
  • 15g  Lemongrass
  • 10ml Lemon Juice
  • 1g Salt
  • 12ml White Vinegar
Pickled Red Chilli
  • 3 Long Red Chillies
  • 50ml Rice Vinegar
Star Anise Salt
  • 40g Salt
  • 25g Ground Star Anise
  • 15g Caster Sugar
  • 1g   Chilli Powder
Butternut Puree
  • 1 Butternut Squash
  • 20g Butter
  • Pinch Salt and Pepper
  • 100ml Ginger Syrup
  • 6g Salt
Ginger Syrup
  • 100ml Lemon Juice
  • 100g Sugar
  • 100g Ginger Grated
  • 1 Thai Chilli Sliced
Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
  • 50g Pumpkin Seeds
  • 5ml Olive Oil
  • Pinch Salt

Method

For the Duck, Marinade and Glaze

  • Mix all marinade ingredients together and brush all over duck.
  • Place garlic, ginger, spring onions and star anise inside duck cavity
  • Place duck inside vac pack and seal. (If you don’t have a vac pack pouch use 2 zip lock bags, push out all the air and close)
  • Poach the for 90 mins in water at 60’c
  • Remove poached duck from bag and pat dry with kitchen towel
  • Combine hoisin and oyster sauce and brush inside duck cavity only
  • Sprinkle salt over duck skin
  • Combine red vinegar and heated maltose and brush over duck skin
  • Leave duck uncovered in fridge overnight to dry out duck
  • Cover duck wing bones with tin foil to prevent charring
  • Place duck in oven at 220’c for 40mins
  • Leave to rest for 10mins before carving

 

Brussels Sprouts

  • Deep fry Brussels until crispy and golden 1-2mins remove from oil and drain on kitchen paper
  • Transfer to mixing bowl and toss with remaining ingredients
  • Serve with lemon on the side

 

Lemongrass Honey

  • Blend all ingredients and pass-through sieve

 

Pickled Red Chilli

  • Slice Red Chillies on angel, warm rice vinegar and pour over chillies, leave overnight

Star Anise Salt

  • Combine ingredients

 

Butternut and Ginger Puree

  • Cut Butternut in half, remove seeds, add butter, salt & pepper
  • Place both halves back together, wrap in tin foil and bake in the oven for 40mins at 170’c
  • Once cooked scoop out cooked flesh
  • Place 200g of butternut flesh into food blender with 100g Ginger Syrup, 6g Salt and blend until smooth.
  • Serve garnished with Sprinkle of toasted pumpkin seeds

Ginger Syrup

  • Heat Lemon Juice, Sugar and Chilli
  • Squeeze Ginger juice into syrup then add the pulp, leave to cool and passthrough sieve

 

Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

  • Toss seeds in oil and salt, bake in oven 170’c until golden (10-12Mins)

 

Ingredients

Duck

1 Duck – Legs & Wings Removed

Marinade
  • 15g Oyster Sauce
  • 15g Soy Sauce
  • 15g Dark Soy Sauce
  • 20g Fermented Red Bean Curd
  • 10g Chinese 5 Spice
  • 2g White Pepper
  • 15ml Rose Wine (Cooking)
  • 15g Sugar
  • 15g Maltose (Heated)
  • 2 Cloves Garlic
  • 2” Piece Ginger
  • 2 Spring Onions
  • 2 Star Anise
Glaze
  • 20g Chinese Red Vinegar
  • 20g Maltose (Heated)
  • 5g Salt
  • 25g Oyster Sauce
  • 25g Hoisin Sauce
Brussels Sprouts
  • 360g Brussels Sprouts cleaned and quartered
  • 10g Mint torn
  • 24g Pickled Red Chilli
  • 3g Toasted White Sesame Seeds
  • 60g Lemongrass Honey
  • Lemon Wedge
Lemongrass Honey
  • 100g Honey
  • 15g  Lemongrass
  • 10ml Lemon Juice
  • 1g Salt
  • 12ml White Vinegar
Pickled Red Chilli
  • 3 Long Red Chillies
  • 50ml Rice Vinegar
Star Anise Salt
  • 40g Salt
  • 25g Ground Star Anise
  • 15g Caster Sugar
  • 1g   Chilli Powder
Butternut Puree
  • 1 Butternut Squash
  • 20g Butter
  • Pinch Salt and Pepper
  • 100ml Ginger Syrup
  • 6g Salt
Ginger Syrup
  • 100ml Lemon Juice
  • 100g Sugar
  • 100g Ginger Grated
  • 1 Thai Chilli Sliced
Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
  • 50g Pumpkin Seeds
  • 5ml Olive Oil
  • Pinch Salt

Method

For the Duck, Marinade and Glaze

  • Mix all marinade ingredients together and brush all over duck.
  • Place garlic, ginger, spring onions and star anise inside duck cavity
  • Place duck inside vac pack and seal. (If you don’t have a vac pack pouch use 2 zip lock bags, push out all the air and close)
  • Poach the for 90 mins in water at 60’c
  • Remove poached duck from bag and pat dry with kitchen towel
  • Combine hoisin and oyster sauce and brush inside duck cavity only
  • Sprinkle salt over duck skin
  • Combine red vinegar and heated maltose and brush over duck skin
  • Leave duck uncovered in fridge overnight to dry out duck
  • Cover duck wing bones with tin foil to prevent charring
  • Place duck in oven at 220’c for 40mins
  • Leave to rest for 10mins before carving

 

Brussels Sprouts

  • Deep fry Brussels until crispy and golden 1-2mins remove from oil and drain on kitchen paper
  • Transfer to mixing bowl and toss with remaining ingredients
  • Serve with lemon on the side

 

Lemongrass Honey

  • Blend all ingredients and pass-through sieve

 

Pickled Red Chilli

  • Slice Red Chillies on angel, warm rice vinegar and pour over chillies, leave overnight

Star Anise Salt

  • Combine ingredients

 

Butternut and Ginger Puree

  • Cut Butternut in half, remove seeds, add butter, salt & pepper
  • Place both halves back together, wrap in tin foil and bake in the oven for 40mins at 170’c
  • Once cooked scoop out cooked flesh
  • Place 200g of butternut flesh into food blender with 100g Ginger Syrup, 6g Salt and blend until smooth.
  • Serve garnished with Sprinkle of toasted pumpkin seeds

Ginger Syrup

  • Heat Lemon Juice, Sugar and Chilli
  • Squeeze Ginger juice into syrup then add the pulp, leave to cool and passthrough sieve

 

Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

  • Toss seeds in oil and salt, bake in oven 170’c until golden (10-12Mins)