Roast duck, southern style

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 eaches Wild ducks; cleaned
2 teaspoons Salt
½ teaspoon Pepper
2 tablespoons All-purpose flour
⅔ cup Brown sugar; firmly packed
⅔ cup Sugar
2 tablespoons All-purpose flour
1 cup Water
2 tablespoons Butter or margarine; melted
½ cup Onion; chopped
Lemon slices (optional)
2 tablespoons Grated orange rind
2 cups Orange juice
Dash of salt

Directions

ORANGE SAUCE

Place ducks, breast side up, on a rack in a large roasting pan, folding neck skin under. Combine salt, pepper, and flour; stir well.

Sprinkle ducks with flour mixture. Combine water, butter, and onion; pour into roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 400 degrees for 1 hour or until drumsticks and thighs move easily. Garnish with lemon slices, if desired. Serve with Orange Sauce.

Orange Sauce directions:

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan; cook over medium heat until thickened. Yield: 2 cups.

"An Evening at Dunleith Mansion" _Company's Coming!_ Southern Living/Southern Heritage Oxmoor House, 1983 ISBN 0-8487-0603-X Typos by Jeff Pruett

Submitted By JEFF PRUETT On 08-31-95

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