Cellophane Noodles and Herb Salad with Duck

 


Cellophane Noodles and Herb Salad with Duck

INGREDIENTS

Duck 2 breasts, fillets, approx. 300 g each

Soy Sauce 2 tbsp

Honey 2 tbsp

Noodles 200 g, cellophane

Limes 4 (2 juiced, the others quartered )

Peanut Oil 2 tbsp

Celery 2 stalks, with leaves, cut into 8 cm lengths and sliced with a mandolin, leaves roughly chopped

Mint 2 handfuls, leaves picked

Thai Basil 2 handfuls, leaves picked

Chili Pepper 2 small, red, deseeded and sliced into rings

Peanuts 40 g, salted, roughly chopped

Basil purple and green to garnish

Preparation

How to make a tasty Cellophane Noodles and Herb Salad with Duck

Heat the oven to 100°C (80°C in a fan oven),gas 1/4.

Score a diamond pattern into the duck skin.

Whisk the soy sauce with the honey and season with ground black pepper.

Brown the duck breasts, skin side down, in a hot pan for approx. 5 minutes.

Turn and fry briefly on the other side, then transfer to a wire rack, skin side up.

Brush with the soy and honey mixture and place in the oven (with a tray beneath to catch the fat) and roast for around 30 minutes until cooked but still pink. Cool to lukewarm.

Meanwhile, cook the cellophane noodles according to the instructions on the packet.

Drain well, then cut into shorter lengths with scissors if desired.

Mix together the lime juice and the groundnut oil.

Mix through the celery, nana mint and Thai basil, and noodles.

Finely slice the cooled duck breasts and arrange on plates with the salad.

Scatter over the chillies and peanuts and add the quartered limes.

Serve the cellophane noodles and herb salad garnished with purple and green basil and with mint.

 

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