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Peking duck pancakes

You build each one yourself, which is half the fun.

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How to make peking duck pancakes

2 genuinely different takes — a classic, and a faster or lighter route. The same ones the app hands you once you have decided.

Slow-roast duck legs

150 minutes · serves 4 · Medium

What you need

  • 4 duck legs
  • 1 tbsp five spice
  • 20 thin pancakes
  • 1 cucumber, in batons
  • 6 spring onions, shredded
  • Hoisin sauce

What you do

  1. 1Rub the legs with five spice and plenty of salt and leave them uncovered in the fridge overnight if you can — dry skin is crisp skin.
  2. 2Roast at 150C for 2 hours on a rack, then 220C for 15 minutes to crisp.
  3. 3Rest, then shred the meat with two forks, skin and all.
  4. 4Steam the pancakes 3 minutes.
  5. 5Everyone builds their own: hoisin, duck, cucumber, spring onion, rolled.

With shop-bought duck

25 minutes · serves 2 · Very easy

What you need

  • 1 packet cooked aromatic duck
  • Pancakes
  • Cucumber
  • Spring onions
  • Hoisin

What you do

  1. 1Heat the duck through as the packet says, then crisp the skin under a hot grill for 4 minutes.
  2. 2Shred, steam the pancakes, and put everything on the table.