Okay, kids - this is about as wordless as I can get for Wordless Wednesday. Presenting: What Poppa Trix and I had for Thanksgiving. Ta-da!
I admit, putting up a post about Thanksgiving food is .... arriving rather
late to the party at this point, but I'm hoping that perhaps these dishes will provide some inspiration for a fabulous holiday meal, or an anytime mini-feast. It all came together in just a few hours and caused minimal chaos.
First up, roast duck with a sour cherry wine sauce:
I used
this recipe from Delia Smith. It came out perfectly - crispy skin, juicy meat ... and I now have a nice little stash of duck fat.
We had to have potatoes, of course, and I went with a
classic Dauphinoise. You seriously cannot go wrong with this:
Brussels sprouts with pancetta, a loose adaptation of
this recipe from Simply Recipes:
The stuffing was simple: stale French bread, spicy sage sausage, shallots, garlic, fresh thyme and sage, chicken stock, eggs ... no good photo of it solo, but there it is, hiding behind the wine glass:
And finally, a corn dish. For this, I combined cream, a saffron truffle cheese, shallots, egg, and, of course, corn:
This made for a fairly non-gluttonous yet completely satisfying feast:
And now for the giveaway winner ...
Congrats to Christine from
Fresh, Local, and Best. And Happy (Almost) Wordless Wednesday!
P.S. If you've got a minute, go check out this month's
Your Best Recipe round up over at
Spicie Foodie - there are a ton of great dishes for you to ogle. Including mine, of course!
Oh, duck w/ sour cherry sauce sounds amazing...and really anytime, not just Thanksgiving! And a resounding YES on the Dauphinoise potatoes...more comfort food to me =)
ReplyDeleteWhat a feast! Nothing mini about this. LOVE duck! Beautifully done.
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ReplyDeleteI was wondering what happened to grandma's table covering. Looks like she left it to you.
ReplyDeleteOK, since I have left a clever comment and then a bitchy one (neither of which are about the food not surprisingly) I thought I should finally leave a proper one: I am all about the corn. I find corn dishes irresistible at table feasts like this and combo here with truffle cheese just has my head spinning. THIS is the dish I would have seconds and thirds of if I were so lucky as to have you cook my Thanksgiving meal. XO.
ReplyDeleteYou had me at saffron truffle cheese. What demonic deliciousness is THAT?? Yum. Your feast looks amazing.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a wonderful meal. A lot of the dishes I have never even had before, which is a great twist from the traditional meal with our family. Love the potato and the corn dish especially. Yum!
ReplyDeleteTrix this looks amazing. Goose is our xmas dinner and you can't go wrong. Roasted potatoes with goose fat taste amazing,but curious to see what you make. Congrats to the winner!
ReplyDeleteOoh, that is a gorgeous duck Trix! I had duck for Thanksgiving too.. posting it tomorrow... but I wasn't nearly as dedicated as you with all those gorgeous sides... it was just me and Scott so I took it easy, but miss all those goodies... will make up for it at Christmas! Really want to try that corn recipe, sounds perfect!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing feast! Your duck looks perfect...as do all the wonderful sides. I've gotten a sudden craving for potatoes...and a baked one just won't do!
ReplyDeleteWhat a feast! The duck looks amazing...but the veggie i me is after that corn, oh wow! Looks like a wonderful holiday :)
ReplyDeleteAnd congratulations to Christine!
All of the food is very tempting and lovely roasted duck you have made and its my fav and I can eat like almost half of a duck.
ReplyDeleteThis is quite a spread! Love the title and love that you served duck for Thanksgiving, it's such a special bird but I don't too often see it on the home cook's menu. I'm so excited about trying the pitaya juice! Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteWow looks like you've got quite a feast there. All the dishes looks good, but the duck is just AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteOh Trix this meal looks sumptuous. And I love your title lol. I can't pick a favorite but the sour cherry wine sauce got my attention. hey the mushrooms are starting to grow! White blobs appeared this morning.
ReplyDeleteLol, Trevor's comments made me laugh! My mom has many tablecloths like that, she made them all, too :).
ReplyDeleteJust please tell me that you had some guests over because your spread looks incredible! Your criss-crossed duck is most elegant and as far as I'm concerned, you've created 'sides heaven'. Right, listen up...next Thanksgiving, I'm inviting myself over to yours!
PS. Thanks so much for your lovely words, you've made me all teary-eyed, darn it. But love you all the same <3.