Czarnina (Duck Soup)

Ingredients

• •1 duck, 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 pounds, cut up
• •4 cups duck blood
• •8 cups water
• •1 teaspoon salt
• •1 stalk celery (cut in 2 inch pieces)
• •1 sprig of fresh parsley
• •1 cup whipping cream
• •5 whole allspice
• •2 whole cloves
• •1 pound dried prunes, pitted
• •1/2 cup raisins
• •1 tart apple - peeled, cored and chopped
• •2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• •1 tablespoon white sugar
• •salt and pepper to taste
• •1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Directions

1. 1Cover whole duck with water in large stock pot. Add salt, and bring to a boil. Skim off foam.
2. 2Place celery, parsley, allspice, and cloves in a cheese cloth bag, and add to stock pot. Cover and cook over low heat until meat is tender, approximately 1 1/2 hours.
3. 3Remove cheese cloth bag from stock pot. Remove duck. Discard bones, cut up meat, and return to the broth.
4. 4Mix in prunes, raisins and apple. Simmer for 30 minutes.
5. 5In a medium bowl, beat flour and sugar into cream until smooth. Beat in duck blood gradually. Add 1/2 cup hot soup stock to blood mixture, blending thoroughly. Pour mixture slowly back into stock pot, stirring constantly until soup comes to a boil. Season to taste with salt, pepper, lemon juice and vinegar.