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Originally Posted by missypie
Turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, creamed onions, creamed spinach green beans , gravy, stuffing and for dessert apple pie with fresh Carvel ice cream and pumpkin pie. Is it lots of food, yes but we are many family members this year and everyone gave me their input.
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did you really mean cream spinach green beans, missypie? Because that sounds really good!
I put through the grinder: one diced granny smith apple, cored but not peeled, one diced whole orange, skin and all, one bag of fresh cranberries. Add a half to a cup of sugar depending on the tartness of everything, refrigerate. This is my husband's favorite. I don't like it, but he grew up with it.
Another one of their favorites was an apple/cranberry pie. Don't like that either.
I made something once that became a Thanksgiving tradition because our son loved it so much. It's a custard made from scratch, then fold in beaten egg whites and real whipped cream. Sounds simple, but it's very time-consuming bringing the custard to the right temp over simmering water without scrambling the egg yolks. Twenty minutes of constant stirring. And then cooling the whole thing. And all that folding.
It takes on a soufle- or mousse-like consistency. It's served with raspberry sauce made from frozen raspberries, sieved to remove the seeds, plus grand marnier and sugar. I do not enjoy making this dessert, but I do enjoy watching him chow down.
For Christmas we went to a good-quality beef tenderloin, 2-3 lbs, that's pan-seared and finished in a hot oven and served with a cabernet or bordelaise sauce. The whole thing takes an hour start to finish, which is a nice switch from the all-day turkey & stuffing meal. I don't eat red meat, but the family says it's delicious.