Original 1943 recipe
Verbatim from "Little cookbook" (1943) – wartime everyday food.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Liten kokebok, 1943, s. 121 (falt i det fri)
Pluck the bird, taking first the wing and tail feathers, then the neck at the front and the breast, and then working backwards. Now singe the bird over a strong flame; best is to pour a little spirit onto a dish of kitchen salt and swing the birds quickly back and forth; do not let them get burnt. After the hairs and down have been singed off, pull out all the feather quills.
The head is usually cut off and the bird opened; make a small incision in front of the vent, but lift the skin a little, otherwise it is easy to cut through the intestine; the innards are removed. Up at the neck the crop is carefully loosened and pulled out along with the gullet and windpipe. Make an incision in the gizzard so the pouch of sand and grit can be removed. The gall bladder is carefully cut away from the liver. The vent is cut away, as are the glands at the base of the back. Lungs and kidneys are removed.
The neck is cut off, but the skin should be folded down and fastened with the same string used to truss the bird. The innards are washed and left in cold water for a while. The gizzard is emptied; it, the heart and the liver are used. The bird is washed well in cold water and dried thoroughly inside and out.
The skin over the breast is pulled down, a thin slice of fresh pork is placed on the breast, or the bird is larded with strips of pork on both sides of the breastbone. The skin is drawn back over. The bird is trussed or sewn up neatly so that the breast is raised well — never string across the breast.
50–100 g butter — according to the size of the bird — is browned quite lightly, and the bird is browned in it; the breast is placed down first; when it is nicely browned, turn the bird, salt it a little, and add a little boiling stock; then pour sour cream over the breast, the more the better. After the bird has been browned, the breast should preferably never lie down in the pot — always up — and it must be basted evenly and often. Never pierce fowl or roast meat with a fork; use wooden spoons.
Ptarmigan roast for 1½ hours, a large bird 2–3 hours. For 1 ptarmigan, brown 50 g butter, add 2 dl boiling water little by little, and when it is roasted, 1 dl cream.
The sauce: The roasted bird is taken out, the sauce is reduced, strained or unstrained as you wish, and a little cream and 1 teaspoon of cold butter, salt and "a touch" of sugar or, better, a slice of whey cheese are added. If the sauce is too thin, you can stir a little wheat flour with a little butter and stir this carefully into the sauce, but this should preferably be avoided. Simmer 5 min. Add a little colouring, if absolutely necessary, and salt to taste.
Original 1943 recipe
Verbatim from "Little cookbook" (1943) – wartime everyday food.

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