To Stew Ducks with Green Peas

Ingredients

• put two ounces of butter in a stew-pan on the fire
• stir in two tablespoonfuls of flour
• pour in a pint of broth or gravy made from veal
• then add a quart of green peas
• an onion chopped
• and a sprig of parsley

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter and stir in flour until brown.

2. 2

   Add broth and bring to a boil.

3. 3

   Add ducks and cook for half an hour.

4. 4

   Add peas, onion, and parsley, and stew gently until done.

5. 5

   Serve with gravy over ducks.

As published

This recipe was extracted from La cuisine creole (1885) by Lafcadio Hearn, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TO STEW DUCKS WITH GREEN PBAS. Truss the ducks as for baking and boiling, and put them away in the pantry; then put two ounces of but- ter in a stew-pan on the fire, stir in two tablespoonfuls of flour, stir until it becomes brown or a fawn color; then pour in a pint of broth or gravy made from veal, or from water in which the ducks or chickens hâve been boiled. Stir this while cooking, and when it boils, put in the ducks; let them cook for half an hour, or until done or nearly so, then add a quart of green peas, an onion chopped, and a sprig of parsley

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