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Roast duck with sausage rolls, greens and spiced cherries

Prepare
30 mins to 1 hour
Cook
1 to 2 hours
Serve
Serves 4
Dietary
Nut-free

This recipe uses the whole of the duck – the crown is roasted and served in slices and the legs are used in the sausage rolls.

By Matt Tebbutt

From Saturday Kitchen Best Bites

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Ingredients

For the roast duck

For the duck sausage rolls

For the spiced cherries

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5.

  2. For the roast duck, slash the skin of the duck all over the breast and rub in the five-spice, salt and pepper. Roast the duck crown for 15 minutes, baste with the honey and cook for another 40 minutes, or until cooked to your liking. Remove from the oven and leave to rest for 15 minutes. Leave the oven on.

  3. Meanwhile, for the sausage rolls, mix the duck meat, pork mince, allspice and coriander in a large bowl.

  4. Roll out the sheet of puff pastry and cut into four rectangles. Divide the duck mixture into four and place in the centre of each pastry rectangle. Roll the pastry up to enclose the filling. Brush the pastry edges with egg to seal and then brush the remaining egg all over the rolls. Scatter over the sesame seeds. Chill the duck in the refrigerator for 20 minutes then roast for 30 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked through.

  5. For the spiced cherries, bring the wine, sugar, bay leaf, star anise, chilli, peppercorns and cinnamon to the boil in a saucepan. Add the cherries and poach for 5–8 minutes, or until soft. Remove the cherries with a slotted spoon and set aside. Reduce the liquor to a syrup.

  6. Steam the greens for a few minutes until just cooked.

  7. To serve, cut the duck crown into slices and serve with slices of the sausage rolls, greens, cherries and a drizzle of cherry liquor.