Duck with Sour or Sweet Cabbage

Description

In Romanian: Rata cu varza acra sau dulce

Ingredients

• 1 duck
• 1 large can sauerkraut
• 3 tablespoons lard
• 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
• some borş (optional)
• some unripe tomatoes (optional)
• ½ teaspoon paprika
• a few peppercorns
• salt

Directions

1. Clean, wash and salt the duck.
2. Let sit for one hour.
3. In the meantime, fry the sauerkraut in lard, adding paprika, tomato sauce, pepper and salt (if needed).
4. Arrange the sauerkraut in a uniform layer in a roasting pan and place the duck on top and optionally add some borş and unripe tomatoes to give the dish a little tart taste.
5. The duck was previously dried and then greased with lard.
6. Set into the oven and baste occasionally with the liquid in the pan.
7. After the duck has been roasted on one side, turn onto the other side.