Duck

Last night roasted some duck legs and served them shredded in ordinary pancakes with iced and curled spring onions.
 A shop bought plum sauce, chilli sauce and hoisin sauce added fabulous flavour as did my own homemade sauce; a marmalade, honey, orange juice and star anise flavoured affair. So scrummy.
A bowl of simple fried rice was all that was needed to accompany the duck.

I was a wee bit concerned that the pancakes wouldn't quite 'go' but they did the job very well. I made several 6 inch very thin pancakes and kept them warm on a plate over the rice.
For sweetness we had a can of lychees for dessert. No cream or yoghurt and certainly no custard, Madam.

We're off to Mr and Mrs Hairy Suit's for lunch today, I daresay Chef Robert will put on a decent spread. He is, I'm proud to say a fine cook.


Lots of fantastic cookery thoughts roaming around inside my head. Soda Breads, dishes with mince (bought another Josceline Dimbleby book yesterday) and all manner of cakes and pies.
This week I will buy a jar of capers.