Ingredients

  • 4 each duck breasts 150g each
  • 1 bunch watercress
  • 1 each hot chili peppers chopped
  • 1 pound mushrooms, shiitake
  • 1 pound mushrooms, enoki (straw)
  • 1 each - Paperbark Roll*
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 30 grams plums sauce

Method

  • Use a cast iron or camp oven, line it with damp paperbark (Vic tells me he saves the off-cuts when thinning sheets for this) and set over a medium heat with the lid on.
  • Crust the duck breast with Alpine pepper.
  • When the camp oven has heated enough to fill with smoke, place the duck breast inside for about 15~20 minutes or until the juices just run clear when the breast is pricked with a skewer.
  • Remove from the camp oven and rest in a warm place for 5 minutes this will help redistribute the juices in the meat.
  • Slice the duck into thin slices.
  • Slice shiitake mushrooms and tease apart the enoki.
  • Wash the watercress.
  • Styling :
  • Place the cress in the centre of the plate and alternately, layer the mushrooms and duck.
  • Garnish with the chilli and enoki mushrooms or some deep-fried vermicelli.
  • Finish with the Illawarra plum sauce and serve with extra sauce to the side.