To stew Ducks with Green Peas

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (5)

HALF roast your ducks
a pint of good gravy ↝ Gravy, NFS [Dips, gravies, other sauces]
a little mint ↝ Spearmint, fresh [Spices and Herbs]
three or four sage leaves chopped small ↝ Fireweed, leaves, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a pint of green peas ↝ Peas, green, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

Instructions (6)

Half roast your ducks.
Put them into a stew-pan, with a pint of good gravy, a little mint, and three or four sage leaves chopped small.
Cover them close, and stew them half an hour.
Boil a pint of green peas as for eating.
Put the peas in after you have thickened the gravy.
Dish up your ducks, and pour the gravy and peas over them.

Original Text

To stew Ducks with Green Peas.
HALF roast your ducks, then put them into a stew-pan, with a pint of good gravy, a little mint, and three or four sage leaves chopped small, cover them close, and stew them half an hour, boil a pint of green peas as for eating, and put them in after you have thickened the gravy; dish up your ducks, and pour the gravy and peas over them.

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