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Roasted Wild Duck

2 servings

Ingredients

• 1 piece wild duck
• salt (a little)
• pepper (crushed) (a little)
• seasoning (a little)
• savory herb (a little)
• Borsdorf apples (as needed)
• bacon slices (a little)
• butter (a little)

Instructions

1. Serves 2-3.
2. Only young ducks are suitable for roasting.
3. Skin the duck, rub it inside and out with salt, crushed pepper, and seasoning.
4. Insert some savory herb and, if desired, a few Borsdorf apples, then sew it up and wrap it with bacon slices.
5. Roast in butter in a moderately hot oven, basting frequently, until cooked through.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.