Duck legs with homemade 5 spice cooked in red wine and rosemary...

serves 4...... oven 200c/fan 180/gas 6

What you need...
4 duck legs
A bunch of fresh rosemary sprigs
...4 fat cloves of garlic
about 1/2 bottle of red wine
3 tablespoons of blueberry jam(or a similar flavour)
1 teaspoon of 5 spice powder... i make my own....its just 1 tablespoon each of fennel, star anise, black or sezchuan pepper, cinnamon and 1 teaspoon of cloves. grind altogether in a processor...
4 whole star anise to garnish
sea salt

What you do.......
put the rosemary and garlic cloves on the bottom of a roasting tin,
salt the duck legs skin
rub the 5 spice powder all over the legs
place them skin side up on top of the rosemary and garlic
roast in the oven for about an hour until the skin is all crispy and lovely
take out and drain the fat off(save it for roast potatoes, lush!)
pour the red wine into the tin, add the jam...spreading a little over the duck legs and the rest just stir into the wine
put it back in the oven and cook for a further 40 minutes until the sauce has reduced...taste...if its not sweet enough add more jam or a little honey to taste
serve with the sauce poured over the leg and some of the rosemary on top. Garnish with a star anise... lush!