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Roast Duck

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Roast Duck

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil the duck until tender, checking the wing for doneness.

  2. Remove the duck and rinse it in clear water.

  3. Stuff the duck as you would a goose.

  4. Sprinkle coarse sea salt over the duck.

  5. Place the duck in a pan with a little warm water.

  6. Baste frequently and do not remove from the oven until thoroughly cooked.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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