Greetings Turkey day has came and went. And man oh man, I'm still stuffed. I gotta recap yall on my Thanksgiving celerbration with my family and me now and I already knew I wanted to make duck. I wanted a different meat, turkey just isn't all that to me. So the week before I went to the Dekalb County Farmer's Market and bought 6 duck thighs.
I love to bake, my grandmother taught me how to bake when I was a young girl and every year this was our time to shine. We would bake our asses off. So this year I decided to make a Sweet Potato pound cake and a Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie. So let's dive right on in.
So, Wednesday when I got home from work I decided to marinate my duck. I wanted to find a recipe that would make the duck taste good and roast the grease off. The recipe I found sounded good. It wasn't.....
I love to bake, my grandmother taught me how to bake when I was a young girl and every year this was our time to shine. We would bake our asses off. So this year I decided to make a Sweet Potato pound cake and a Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie. So let's dive right on in.
So, Wednesday when I got home from work I decided to marinate my duck. I wanted to find a recipe that would make the duck taste good and roast the grease off. The recipe I found sounded good. It wasn't.....
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| The marniating process |
So, it smelled great and it looked great, but the recipe had the temp too low. Here is the link to the recipe, beware. http://londonpaleokitchen.com/2013/03/24/orange-balsamic-roasted-duck-legs. For real, dont bother with that recipe.
Now the sweet potato pound cake came out great. It was beautiful and tasted great.
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| Isn't she beautiful? |
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| This pie got rave reviews |
Overall, I enjoyed the food BUT I was dissatisfied with my duck. I was destroyed. Otherwise, i had a ball with the fam as always
