Goose Or Duck And Sweet Dressing

Ingredients

• 3 lb dressed duck
• 1 12 c apples diced
• 13 c warm water
• salt to taste
• 1 c prunes soaked but not cooked
• 3 Tbsp butter or fat
• 34 c tart pie cherries
• 3 c bread cubes
• juice of 1 orange

Directions

1. Melt fat and saute apples until tender add all other ingredients and cover
2. Steam about 8 to 10 minutes
3. If cherries are very tart add 1 tablespoon sugar
4. Stuff bird and truss
5. Bake with breast up until brown then turn over
6. Do not prick skin
7. I make a double recipe and tie what is leftover in a cloth and put in the pan with the duck