A delicious pairing of bitter and sweet flavours on one plate balanced with savoury umami Cantonese Roast Duck, this no cook warm salad recipe is super easy to prepare!
Place the roast duck with breast side up and cut the roast duck into 4 quarters. For the breast quarters, slice through and remove the breast meat off the bone. Then cut the breast meat into 0.5cm slices. For the thigh quarters, use a small knife and slice off bite sized chunks of duck meat as close as you can to the bone. For parts that are tricky to remove all the meat, use your hands and tear the flesh off the duck. Keep going until you get as much meat as you can.
Cut radicchio in half lengthwise. Placing half radicchio cut side down, chop radicchio from top to bottom into about 1.5cm slices. Repeat with the second half of the radicchio. Give chopped radicchio a good rinse, drain and shake dry.
Slice both ends of the orange and then hold the fruit on its base. Cutting a downward motion, remove all the peel. Then turn the fruit on its side and cut into 0.5 cm thick rounds. Then cut rounds into quarters. Place aside ready for assembly.
Thinly slice a red onion in half moons.
Wash and roughly chop mint leaves.
Salad Dressing
Place all ingredients, olive oil, red wine vinegar and orange juice in a jar.
Shake well and taste.
Add salt and pepper according to taste.
Assembly
On individual plates or one large sharing plate, start layering with chopped radicchio leaves at the bottom.
Next add a layer of shredded duck and then scatter sliced orange and red onion.
Drizzle half the red wine vinaigrette over salad.
Place duck breast and thigh slices on top and then scatter with chop mint.
Drizzle the remaining red wine vinaigrette and serve.
Notes
You can purchase a whole roast duck at your local Chinese barbeque restaurant. Remember to ask them not to cut it up.
If you wish to take the edge of the bitterness in radicchio, soak the chopped leaves in icy cold water for 5 minutes, drain and shake dry.
There is sufficient roast duck for 4 main serves and possibly for 6 people as light lunches.
Also great for entertaining to share along with other dishes.