Puff-Paste Crust Duck Pie

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
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The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (5)
for the crust
for the pie filling
Instructions (12)
  1. Make a puff-paste crust.
  2. Scald the ducks and make them very clean.
  3. Cut off the feet, the pinions, the neck and head.
  4. Clean pick and season the ducks, with the gizzards, livers and hearts.
  5. Pick out all the fat of the inside of the ducks.
  6. Lay a crust all over the dish.
  7. Season the ducks with pepper and salt, inside and out.
  8. Lay the ducks in your dish.
  9. Place the gibblets at each end, seasoned.
  10. Put in as much water as will almost fill the pye.
  11. Lay on the crust.
  12. Bake it, but not too much.
Original Text
MAKE a puff-paste crust, take two ducks, scald them and make them very clean, cut off the feet, the pinions, the neck and head, all clean picked and seasoned, with the gizzards, livers and hearts; pick out all the fat of the inside, lay a crust all over the dish, season the ducks with pepper and salt, inside and out, lay them in your dish, and the gibblets at each end seasoned; put in as much water as will almost fill the pye, lay on the crust, and bake it, but not too much.
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