Breast of Tame Duck, Virginia Style

Ingredients

• a tame duck
• two slices of Virginia ham
• a piece of butter

Method

1. 1

   Cut the breasts from a tame duck, season with salt and pepper.

2. 2

   Put butter in a saute pan, add the breasts and saute for about fifteen minutes if the duck is young.

3. 3

   Serve on a platter covered with sauce Colbert.

4. 4

   Broil Virginia ham and lay on top of the breasts prepared as above.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Hotel St. Francis cook book (1919) by Hirtzler, Victor., page 93. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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