3 duck with clementine and Recipes

pekin ducks (sometimes called long island duck), thawed if necessary and excess fat discarded, kosher salt, onions , quartered lengthwise, celery rib, cut crosswise into 4 pieces, sugar, clementines (12 to 20), red-wine vinegar, chopped shallot, mandarine napoleon liqueur or cointreau, arrowroot

duck breasts, kosher salt, extra-virgin olive oil, clementine juice or orange juice, clementines , 2 cut into supremes for garnish, 3 sectioned and sections cut in 1/2, rich (hopefully homemade ) chicken stock, divided, bundle thyme, garlic, lacinato or tuscan kale, cut into 1-inch strips, washed and spun dry, pomegranate seeds, for garnish