Balsamic, Orange, Honey, Maple Syrup Glazed Duck

Ingredients

• 1 (2 kg)  duck
• 40 g maple syrup
• 60 g honey
• 20 g Dijon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 100 ml orange juice
• 100 ml balsamic vinegar
• 10 g garlic
• 40 ml orange liqueur or port wine

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 190c.

2. 2

   Mix all the ingredients (except the duck!) together in a small saucepan and simmer for 5 minutes.

3. 3

   Reserve 1/4 of the glaze.

4. 4

   Sit the duck on a rack over a baking dish, baste and place in oven.

5. 5

   Baste the duck every 10 minutes throughout the cooking process with remaining 3/4 of glaze.

6. 6

   A 2kg duck should take about 1 hour 15 minutes to cook, but give one of his legs a pull, and if it moves freely and any juices run clear, your duck will be cooked.

7. 7

   Place on a serving platter brush with reserved glaze and serve.

8. 8

   Pass any remaining reserved glaze to be spooned over carved duck.