Name: Peking duck and cucumber tea sandwiches
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: ½ Chinese roast duck, shredded; 60 ml (¼ cup) hoisin; 60 ml (¼ cup) plum sauce; 16 slices soft white bread, to serve; 100 gm mayonnaise mixed with 3 tsp lime juice and 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander; 3 Lebanese cucumbers, thinly sliced; 1 spring onion, thinly sliced

Peking duck and cucumber tea sandwiches

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Peking duck and cucumber tea sandwiches.

Serves 16

Prep

30M

The secret of these sandwiches’ success is keeping the duck warm after you’ve brought it home, or reheating it gently before using it. Use a very sharp, serrated knife and cut them with extra care to keep them from falling apart when you’re halving them.

Ingredients

½ Chinese roast duck, shredded

60 ml (¼ cup) hoisin

60 ml (¼ cup) plum sauce

16 slices soft white bread, to serve

100 gm mayonnaise mixed with 3 tsp lime juice and 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander

3 Lebanese cucumbers, thinly sliced

1 spring onion, thinly sliced

Method

Main

1.Combine warm duck, hoisin and plum sauces in a bowl and toss well to combine.

2.Spread bread slices with mayonnaise mixture to taste, shake off excess marinade from duck and arrange over half the slices, top with cucumber, scatter with spring onions then sandwich with the remaining bread, remove crusts, cut in half and serve while the duck is still warm.