Surprise your partner with a delicious orange duck

The recipe that we bring today to share with you is truly very rich. It is a dish that is quite particular, since it is based on an animal that is unusual to be used in the kitchen.

We are talking about the duck, and more precisely the duck with the orange, a dish that is not to taste every day, but to make it on very special occasions.

Although the preparation is somewhat complicated, I recommend that, if you can, make the effort. Get the ingredients and dedicate yourself to preparing an orange duck, you will see that you will not regret it.

I leave you with a delicious recipe of exotic orange duck, do not be scared by the length of the preparation mode, you can:

Ingredients:

• 1 duck of 2 kilos and 1/2
• 6 oranges for juice
• 2 glasses of Cointreau
• 100 grams of sugar
• Margarine
• Salt

preparation:
1.- Clean the duck well, make some cuts in the breast and in the groin. Make a mixture with the margarine and salt and smear the inside of the duck and cuts.

2 .- Peel an orange, removing the skin and the white cover that is below, so that the pulp is in sight. Put the peeled orange in a bowl, pour the Cointreau, and leave it at least for an hour, so that it is well impregnated. After this time put the orange inside the duck and reserve the Cointreau.

3.- Cut another of the sliced oranges, keeping the skin, cut the slices in half and put a half slice in each of the cuts that has been made to the duck.

4.-Place the duck on a baking tray and sprinkle with the juice of the third orange.

5.-Put the source with the duck in the middle of the oven, preheated to 180º, keeping the grill on and leave it for 1 hour, watering it from time to time with the juice and juices that it releases.

6 .- Meanwhile, put in a saucepan sugar and three tablespoons of water and make a syrup, taking care not to caramelize.

7.-After this time, remove from the oven and distribute the fourth orange, cut into thin slices. With a flat kitchen brush, paint all the duck with the syrup bar. Pour the rest of the Cointreau into the tray, put it back in the oven and keep the temperature at 180º for 30 minutes.