valentine’s day dinner
hoping to do something a bit different… i decided to make a pleasant elegant meal for valentines day — that we might eat in the dining room, instead of the couch!
after a bit of thinking about what might brighten an otherwise dreary february — i settled on duck breast with candied orange peels and a roasted mushroom risotto (and a de(re?)constructed caesar salad on the side…).
this is a pretty simple meal… with a few simple underlying techniques.
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