Food from ancient, and not-so-ancient, times, has seen cuisine from across China appear on tables at home and abroad to this ...

I make this dish with roast duck bought from a siu mei (Chinese roast meat ... and to a small size. If you use a food processor, or if the ingredients are cut too large, the dish will be coarse ...

Liu makes Chinese food with maple syrup ... Cook for about 15 minutes total. The edges of the duck breast will have started to change colour, and plenty of fat should have rendered out.

Mock duck has been eaten for centuries, and for good reason. It’s delicious and easy to make from scratch, too.