Duck & Mango Summer rice paper rolls

Vietnamese summer rolls are usually filled with chicken or prawns, rice noodles and coconut (among other things), but these are a duck and mango version and blooming lovely.

What you'll need

2 Cooked Ducks legs, the meat removed from the bone and then shredded 

1 ripe Mango, cut into baton-ish chunks

1 red chilli, finely sliced

A small bunch of coriander, roughly chopped

1 red onion, finely sliced

The juice of 2 Limes

2 teaspoons of black sesame seeds

Salt & black pepper 

Rice papers

What to do

Rice papers take seconds to prep, they just need to soak in recently boiled water for 10 to 20 seconds to soften, so boil the kettle and prep the rest on the ingredients before soaking. This is chopping, shredding and lime-ing up the onions (ie adding a pinch of salt and the lime juice to the onion). This will take out some of the intensity of the onion flavour, keeping in the crunch and also provide a receptacle to hold the lime flavour rather than making everything wet with lime juice. Allow the Limey onion to sit for a few minutes.

Then commence the rice paper soaking. Best to do it 1 or 2 at a time because they stick together like no-bodies business. Once slightly softened, spread out the rice paper and put some of the filling bits in the middle, leaving gaps at the top and bottom. (Best to be a little stingey in the beginning as it's easier to roll a small sausage than a giant, over-stuffed roll). Season with freshly ground black pepper. Fold the gappy bits at the top & bottom up and then Roll..Roll!!

This will make about 10 rolls, which will feed 2 people as a lunch.
Prep time 10 mins. Cooking time (about 40 mins for the duck legs, otherwise none).

Any left over Mango can become a breakfast version the next morning...

 They weren't quite as neat as I'd hoped, but I'm defo getting better at the rolling. And you can cheat at the construction bit by using 2 rice papers at once, one on the bottom with the filling on top and then one on the top (in a sandwich fashion) and then doing the folding bit. This makes the folding a bazillion times easier and you have a bit of a double layer safety net, if there are any accidental rips or tears.

 And deconstructed...(It was early and I was hungry).

YUM