Roast Wild Duck

Ingredients

• 1 wild duck
• a little flour
• buttered paper
• lemon

Method

1. 1

   Pluck the duck nicely (do not scald it or you will spoil the flavour), singe and wash it, and dry with a clean towel.

2. 2

   Rub it over with a little flour, cover with a buttered paper and bake in a moderate oven.

3. 3

   This may be stuffed with ordinary stuffing if preferred.

4. 4

   It is rather an improvement to squeeze a lemon over it before baking it.

5. 5

   Serve either with salad or slices of lemon and port wine sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Maclurcan's cookery book (1899) by H. Maclurcan, page 71. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

O AST WILD DUCK. Mode. — Pluck the duck nicely (do not on any account scald it or you will spoil the flavour), singe and wash it, and dry with a clean towel. Rub it over with a little flour, cover with a buttered paper and bake in a moderate oven. This may be stuffed with ordinary stuffing if pre- ferred. It is rather an improvement to squeeze a lemon

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