Name: Wild Duck with Lemon
Ingredients: 1 slice of wild duck; 1 lemon

Wild Duck with Lemon

Ingredients

1 slice of wild duck
1 lemon

Directions

Squeeze lemon juice over the slice of wild duck.
Serve immediately.

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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What each ingredient does

Wild duck: The main protein; the lemon juice is applied directly to its surface.
Lemon: Adds acidity and a bright citrus aroma to the rich meat.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.