Duck And Wild Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 medium ducks (3 cups meat)
3 stalks celery
1 onion, halved
Salt and Pepper
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup flour
4 oz. sliced mushrooms
1 1/2 cups half and half
1 Tbsp. chopped parsley
1 6 oz. pkg. seasoned wild and long-grain rice
Slivered almonds

Preparation

Boil duck for 1 hour in water to cover duck with celery, onion halves, salt and pepper.
Remove and cube meat.
Reserve broth.
Cook the rice according to package directions.
Melt butter. Saute onions in butter. Stir in flour.
Drain mushrooms, reserving broth.
Add mushrooms to onion mixture.
Add enough duck broth to the mushroom broth to make 1 1/2 cups liquid.
Stir this into the onion mixture.
Omitting almonds, add remaining ingredients plus 1 1/2 tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp. pepper.
Put into greased 2 quart casserole dish.
Sprinkle almonds on top.
Bake covered at 350\u00b0 for 15 to 20 minutes.
Uncover and bake for 5-10 minutes.