Ohhhhhhh, Duck.

Monday was a good day in the kitchen at school. I didn't want to be there though. I don't usually have bad Mondays and this Monday wasn't bad by any means. I just didn't feel like doing anything. I just wanted to be at home sleeping in my bed. I was talking to my partner from last week and he said that we were going to be de-heading a duck. I FREAKED OUT. I know we'll eventually have to do that kind of stuff but I was not prepared mentally, emotionally, physically. I mean, it would be dead but still.  Turns out he was just joking. Ha ha haaaaa, FUNNY! We did work on duck. Each of us got a duck breast. We had to score the skin on the breast to render the fat. I've tried making duck before but it didn't turn out. If you want to read my failed duck blog, click here! I have eaten duck NUMEROUS times at Josef's and it was amazing. So i've been in love with duck, I just haven't cooked it as well. Until the other day. I actually did alright. We had to cook it slow, skin side down (so the skin would get crispy), on the lowest flame possible for about two hours.

We also had to choose one of three sauces. My partners, or I guess the people I was working next to, chose a cherry sauce. We also could choose and orange sauce or a cranberry sauce. I didn't feel like cooking so I picked the one that seemed the easiest. Plus, I don't like cherries and I have to be in the mood for orange sauce. My cranberry sauce turned out really well. I didn't have any doubts. I'm pretty good at making sauces.

We also had to use the rendered duck fat and sautee spinach in it. I don't remember if I added anything to it but I didn't eat it anyways. We plated our duck and sauce with our spinach. At the end, my skin didn't come out as crispy so I had to turn the heat up and try to crisp my skin up. It didn't get very crispy but I just ate around the fat. My duck tasted really good. I'm not a big fan of fruity sauces but my sauce tasted really good, as well. The chef told me that the color of my sauce was perfect. I was pretty impressed with myself. It was a decent Monday for not really wanting to cook.