STEWED DUCK AND PEAS (Cold Meat Cookery)

Ingredients

• The remains of cold roast duck
• 2 oz butter
• 3-4 slice lean ham or bacon
• 1 tablespoonful flour
• 2 pint thin gravy
• 1 or a small bunch of green onions
• 3 sprig parsley
• 3 cloves
• 1 pint young green peas
• cayenne and salt to taste
• 1 teaspoonful pounded sugar

Instructions

1. Put the butter into a stewpan;
2. cut up the duck into joints, lay them in with the slices of lean ham or bacon; make it brown, then dredge in a tablespoonful of flour, and stir this well in before adding the gravy.
3. Put in the onion, parsley, cloves, and gravy, and when it has simmered for 1/4 hour, add a pint of young green peas, and stew gently for about 1/2 hour.
4. Season with cayenne, salt, and sugar;
5. take out the duck, place it round the dish, and the peas in the middle.