Peking Duck - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (5 lb) duck
2 teaspoons salt
1/3 cup vodka
3 tablespoons honey
3 cups water
6 slices fresh ginger
For serving:
to taste Mandarin pancake
to taste green onion, ends sliced to make a brush
to taste hoisin sauce
1 cucumber, peeled and cut in slivers

Preparation

Wash& dry the duck inside and out.
Rub salt into the cavity.
Put Duck on a large plate spoon the vodka over the duck& rub all over, turn the duck and make sure you rub the vodka all over the bird Leave it for 4 hours.
Dissolve the honey in the water and rub all over the duck.
Do not miss any area Truss the bird and tie a cord around it's neck and hang it in front of an electric fan Leave it to dry for at least 4 hours.
Preheat oven to 375f.
Place the ginger inside the duck.
Place duck on a rack in a pan with water in it.
The duck must be well above the water.
Cook for 30 minutes then turn heat down to 300F degrees and continue roasting for about 1 hour.
Turn heat up to 375f and continue roasting until skin is crisp and brown all over.