Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 ea 4 to 4-1/2 pound dressed 1 c Lemon juice
-ducklings 1 c Butter or margarine; melted
1 ts Salt 1 md Onion; chopped
1/2 ts Pepper 1 ea Stalk celery; chopped
3 ea Stalks celery 1 1/2 c Water
3 ea Apples; cored and chopped 2 tb All-purpose flour
3/4 c Raisins

Remove giblets from cavities of ducklings; set aside.
Rub cavities with salt and pepper. Combine 3 stalks chopped celery,
apple, and raisins; spoon into cavity of each duckling. Close the
cavity of the duckling with skewers.
Combine lemon juice and butter; set aside.
Place ducklings, breast side up, on a rack in roasting pan. Bake,
uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 1-1/2 hours or until drumsticks and
thighs move easily. Baste ducklings often with lemon-butter mixture
during last 30 minutes of cooking time.
Combine onion, 1 stalk chopped celery, water, and giblets in a large
saucepan; cover and cook over low heat until giblets are tender.
Strain stock, and set aside. Discard vegetables. Chop giblets, and
set aside.
Remove ducklings to serving platter. Degrease pan juices. Combine
reserved stock and pan juices. Add flour; stir well. Add giblets;
cook over medium heat until thickened. Serve gravy separately as a
side dish.

"Winter Repast" Charleston, South Carolina _Company's Coming!_
Southern Living/Southern Heritage Oxmoor House, 1983 ISBN
0-8487-0603-X Typos by Jeff Pruett
Submitted By JEFF PRUETT On 09-14-95

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