Ingredients

• 4 or 5 pound duckling
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• Few celery leaves
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 Tbsp. honey, optional

Method

1. Trim wing tips and cut off neck of duckling. Wash thoroughly, inside and out, dry carefully. Rub cavity with lemon juice and insert a few celery leaves and sliced onion. Place duckling, breast side up on rack in shallow baking pan. Cook bird in electric oven at 325 degrees for 1/2 hour. Drain fat from pan; cook 1 1/2 hours basting it with pan juices every 20 minutes. If crisp skin is desired, brush duckling with 1 tablespoon honey about 15 minutes before taking it from oven and do not baste again.