My Ultimate Gourmet Magazine Thanksgiving Dinner
by Kitchen Maus
on November 15, 2007
The November issue of Gourmet magazine has not one, but FOUR different Thanksgiving menus to choose from. In her Letter from the Editor column, Ruth Reichl (the Great Ruth Reichl, that is) says that she plans to mix and match--picking dishes from each of the four menus to put together her perfect turkey-day smorgasbord. After poring over each of the menus, here's what I've designed for my ultimate feast (which I will only dream about, as I'm not hosting Thanksgiving this year):
- Hickory-bacon and roasted corn gougères
- Pumpkin, corn, and lemongrass soup
- Roasted Japanese sweet potatoes with scallion butter
- Mashed potatoes with caramelized garlic and parsnips (because some people don't like sweet potatoes)
- Haricot verts with herb butter
- Maple-glazed turkey with gravy
- Hazelnut, sage, and mushroom stuffing
- Cranberry sauce with Port and tangerine
- Pumpkin plum tart (Reichl swears this is the best pumpkin pie ever)
- Bittersweet chocolate pecan pie (because we always had both a nut and a pumpkin pie at my house)
Hungry yet?
--KitchenMaus
Thanksgiving Dinner on October 23, 2008 at 10:36 PM
can you post something for this year as well...