Blood Orange Lacquered Duck Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 young 2.5 kg whole duck
• 750ml Blonde de Chambly beer by Unibroue
• 1/2 cup salt diluted in 1 cup warm water
• 3 cups orange juice
• 1 tablespoon peppercorns
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
• A 10cm piece of fresh ginger, sliced
• 5 sprigs of fresh thyme
• Water
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 tablespoon grated ginger
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped green onions
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 1/2 cups blood orange juice (about 7 to 8)
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 3 small spikes of star anise
• Salt and pepper from the mill
• 1 blood orange, quartered
• 10 sprigs of fresh thyme
• 6 whole garlic cloves, peeled and lightly crushed