Serve with the cherry sauce. The sauce can be made up to a day ahead and reheated. Duck can be roasted eight hours ahead if serving cold.

Set aside the duck in its roasting tray ready to roast again later. Reduce the oven temperature to 180C/350F/Gas 5. At this point, start the bread sauce. Pour the milk into a medium-sized saucepan ...

and set sauce aside. Halve remaining head of garlic, and crush slightly. Divide lemon, thyme, and garlic evenly between duck cavities. Place ducks in the oven, and roast, turning every 25 minutes ...