Balsamic, Orange, Honey, Maple Syrup Glazed Duck

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 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 40 ml port wine

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 190c.
• 2 mix all the ingredients (except the duck!) together in a small saucepan and simmer for 5 minutes.
• 3 reserve 1/4 of the glaze.
• 4 sit the duck on a rack over a baking dish, baste and place in oven.
• 5 baste the duck every 10 minutes throughout the cooking process with remaining 3/4 of glaze.
• 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 place on a serving platter brush with reserved glaze and serve.
• 8 pass any remaining reserved glaze to be spooned over carved duck.