Melt the butter and sugar in a pan, add the golden syrup and tamarind
115g of butter
70g of Demerara sugar
70g of golden syrup
55g of tamarind paste
3
Mix the cornflakes, plain flour, baking powder, oats and chopped peanuts until well combined
55g of cornflakes
40g of plain flour
1 tbsp of baking powder
115g of peanuts, chopped
40g of rolled porridge oats
4
Place the mixture into a silicone lined baking tray. Press down until approximately half an inch thick
5
Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until nicely browned - it is important that the flapjack is well cooked
6
Remove from the oven and allow to cool
7
Cut into fingers and spread generously with peanut butter
100g of peanut butter
8
Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6
9
Season the duck breast with salt and ground star anise
1 duck breast
1 pinch of sea salt
1/2 tsp ground star anise
10
Fry the duck breast, skin-side down, in a hot, dry pan until the skin is golden and crispy, then finish in the oven for 7-8 minutes
11
Remove from the oven and allow to rest to 4-5 minutes. This should result in a medium-rare finish
12
In a hot pan, sauté the mushrooms in a small amount of oil, season lightly and remove the pan from the heat until ready to serve
75g of mousseron mushrooms
vegetable oil
13
Cut the root off the pak choi and separate the leaves. Wash the leaves then cook in boiling chicken stock for 1 minute, remove the pak choi, leaving the pan on the heat, and keep warm until required
1 pak choi
295ml of chicken stock
14
Add the tamarind, sherry and star anise to the reduced chicken stock. Reduce by half, check the seasoning
25g of tamarind paste
50ml of sweet sherry
2 star anise
15
Once ready, place a piece of the flapjack into the centre of each plate. Slice the duck breast and place on top of flapjack. Garnish with the warm mushrooms and pak choi, drizzle over the sauce and serve immediately