Roast Wild Duck

Ingredients

• 1 wild duck
• Peanut Stuffing (see page 274)
• Fat
• Salt and pepper
• Currant jelly or orange sauce
• Parsley

Instructions

1. 1Dress and clean a wild duck, stuff with Peanut Stuffing (see page 274) and truss securely.
2. 2Place on a rack in roasting pan, brush lightly with fat, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
3. 3If wanted rare, bake thirty minutes in a hot oven, basting every five minutes with the fat which will drip out into the pan.
4. 4Cook longer if desired, reducing the temperature.
5. 5Put on a platter, remove the string and skewers, and garnish with parsley.
6. 6With the duck serve currant jelly or orange sauce. Temperature of oven, 425 degrees.