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Nutrition: per puff

  • kcal236
  • fat13g
  • saturates5g
  • carbs21g
  • sugars7g
  • fibre0g
  • protein10g
  • salt1.34g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Mix the ginger with the soy and plum sauces, oil and honey in a deep dish, then add the duck legs, turning to coat. Cover and chill for at least 20 mins.

  • step 2

    Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Lift the duck legs onto a non-stick baking tray, then roast for 1½ hrs until crisp and golden. Meanwhile, tip the remaining marinade into a small saucepan and simmer for 2 mins, then cool. When the duck is cool enough to handle, remove the skin and shred the meat. Mix with the cooled marinade and spring onions.

  • step 3

    Unroll the pastry onto a floured surface and roll it out even thinner until you have a sheet large enough to stamp out 10 circles using a 9-10cm round cutter. Put 2 tsp of the duck filling in the middle of each circle, brush the edges of pastry with a little egg, then fold the pastry circles in half, pressing to seal so you have a half-moon shape (any remaining duck makes a great filling for wraps). Transfer the puffs to a baking sheet and brush with more egg. Can be frozen for up to 1 month. Bake for 15-20 mins until golden, or 5 mins longer from frozen.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2009

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.3 ratings

lirva_may

the filling was utterly delicious, but it was a bit weird with puff pastry. next time i will use dim sum dumpling dough, to make pot-stickers. there are loads of recipes online, or you can buy the dough ready made from a Chinese supermarket. they are really easy and really tasty!

nieurzyla

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

The recipe is very easy to follow, and the result was mouth watering. It will certainly become a family favourite.

cattrall81

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Very easy to make the filling but was a little nervous that it might be too sweet. Went down a real treat served cold at the staff picnic. As recommended above I made triangles rather than half-moon shapes and used double the quantity of pastry. I will certainly be making these again!

snoogans888

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

The duck filling is delicious but you will need twice as much pastry to use it all. Ching's way of rolling the pastry is quite wasteful as you will get a lot of trimmings that can't easily be re-rolled as it's puff pastry. It would be better to cut the pastry block into even pieces first, then roll…

melanieharvey

I've prepared mine and frozen them, so don't yet know the final result, but I had problems with the sauce escaping when I folded and sealed the pastry into a crescent. Also the mixture made loads more than implied and I ran out of pastry after making 14 using about half the mix - tasted great…

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