July 22, 2012 Dinner – Roast Duck with caramelized white onion and lavender and boiled new potatoes

Suzette bought baby fingerling potatoes and onions at the Farmer’s Market.  We had thawed out a package of two duck halves from Costco ($13.95).  Suzette roasted the duck but she put water into the roasting pan and the duck was a little tough.   She boiled potatoes and I chopped chives and parsley and Suzette rolled the potatoes in some butter.  I sliced the onions thinly and Suzette sautéed them in butter and lavender.  

Suzette steamed snow peas and then tossed them with the lavender and onions.

We drank a bottle of Napa Cellars Napa valley Pinot Noir.  It had that heavy Napa body instead of the delicate, feminine northern California pinot noir body, but it went well with the strng herby flavor of the fresh lavender.  

Bon Appetit