Tea-food recipes for you to try (2)

Recipe | Tea-Smoked Duck

Ingredients (serves 4):

1 large duck - about 1.5 to 2 kg

1 tbsp salt and 1 tbsp Sichuan peppercorns, pounded together

Salt and pepper

3 tbsp tea leaves (green tea or pu'er tea)

3 tbsp rock sugar, crushed

3 tbsp raw rice

Method:

1. Remove duck breasts and legs. Skin and trim fat from rest of duck and chop into chunks. Reserve for soup or some other use.

2. Wash and dry duck breast and legs thoroughly and rub with Sichuan pepper and salt mixture. Wash hands well after this and do not rub your eyes.

3. Marinate duck meat, covered, for at least an hour, preferably overnight for the best flavor.

4. Line bottom of a sturdy large wok with aluminum foil. Place tea leaves, rice and sugar at the bottom.

5. Place duck pieces on a rack on top of tea mixture. Start the fire and watch carefully. When mixture begins to smoke, cover wok tightly for about 15 minutes. Switch off heat and let it continue to smoke for another 10 minutes.

6. Remove duck pieces, sear skin over high heat in a non-stick pan to crisp, slice and serve with vegetables and rice.

Recipe | Green Tea and Tomato Soup

Green tea and tomato soup is one of the easiest tea dishes to cook. All you need to prepare is 50 to 150 grams of tomatoes and 1 to 1.5 grams of green tea, depending on how many people are dining.

Instructions:

1. Peel tomato pieces, chop into chunks and add to pot. Stir.

2. Add the green tea and mix it with the tomato.

3. Add 400 milliliters of boiling water.

4. When the tea leaves are swollen, the dish is done. Easy it is, and healthy it will be, since it functions to tackle high blood pressure, bleeding gums and low appetite. And really, all you need to make it is a kettle.