Elisabeth Ayrton

Roast Duck with Cucumbers

Preparation info

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

The Cookery of England

The Cookery of England

By Elisabeth Ayrton

Published 1975

  • About

This is adapted from Mrs Glasse’s ‘To dress a Duck with Cucumbers’, 1747.

Ingredients

  • a pair of ducks
  • 3 cucumbers
  • 2 large onions, peeled and sliced

Method

First peel the cucumbers, cut in halves lengthways, remove pips and cut the remainder into ½-inch (1-cm.) cubes. Mix them with the onions, pour the claret over and leave them to marinate for 2 hours.