roast duck cassoulet or faux confit

Ingredients

• 1 x 2kg [approx.] fresh duck
• 1 whole small onion, peeled and stuck with three cloves
• 5 sprigs Thyme
• finely ground sea salt
• duck needle [upholstery needle available at most haberdashery shops like Spotlight]
• 1.5kg onion p/w very finely sliced
• Maldon sea salt
• black pepper, freshly ground