Crane or Duck with Turnips

Ingredients

• crane or duck
• turnips
• salt
• dill
• olive oil
• liquamen (Roman fermented fish sauce)
• leek
• coriander
• defrutum (reduced grape must)
• pepper
• cumin
• laser root
• vinegar
• wheat starch (amulum)

Instructions

1. Parboil the dressed bird in water, salt and dill; blanch turnips to remove bitterness.
2. Return the bird to a pot with oil, liquamen and a leek-and-coriander bundle; add the chopped turnip and cook, adding defrutum near the end for color.
3. Make a sauce of pepper, cumin, coriander and laser root with vinegar and the cooking juices; boil over the duck, thicken with wheat starch, and pour over the turnips. Finish with pepper.