Roasted Duck Breast with Hawthorn Berry Sauce
Dry Rub
8g Chinese angelica root (broken into shorter lengths)
2g cloves
4g fennel
100g brown sugar
10g salt
2g ginger Method
Use a coffee/spice grinder, process the angelica root, cloves and fennel into a powder (the angelica root will be in long whiskery fibres which is fine)
Cut diagonal slits in the skin of the duck breast, place into a zip loc bag with 2 tbs of the rub
Leave in the fridge for at least 24 hours
Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees Celsius
Heat a pan over medium heat, sear for 2 minutes on skin side, sear on the other side for 1 minute
Roast duck breast in oven for 15 minutes (10 minutes if you prefer it pink)
Slice and serve with hawthorn berry sauce
Hawthorn Berry Sauce
47g gula melaka
80g fish sauce
80g soy sauce
10g hawthorn berry
1g cloves
2g fennel
300g water
Boil until reduced to 1/3