Breaking Tradition: Alternatives to Thanksgiving mains, sides& dessert
booberry85
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Comments (14)Bri: I usually make a Pineapple Sauce besides the Cranberry sauce because we have Ham also. Just simmer a can of crushed Pineapple add some Orange juice, sugar and a pinch of powdered cloves. If you add some red coloring, might resemble Cranberries. When the Pineapples are tender thicken with Cornstarch. Lucy: Hello !!!!! haven't talked to you for awhile. Nice to hear your voice. LOU...See MoreNeed side dish idea and thoughts on dessert
Comments (10)Traditional trifle doesn't have a cookie layer, it has a sponge cake layer. You can make a GF sponge cake easily. This recipe is pretty well bomb-proof, I have given it to people who are positive they can't make a sponge cake and they've been pleasantly surprised: No Fail Sponge Cake 4 eggs, separated 3/4 cup caster (superfine) sugar 1 cup GF cornstarch 2 tsp GF baking powder 1 tsp vanilla Grease and line two deep 8" cake pans. Preheat oven to 350F. Stir baking powder into cornstarch. Whip egg whites until soft peaks appear, then gradually beat in sugar until stiff and glossy. With a metal spoon, fold in egg yolks and vanilla, then fold in cornstarch mixture. Pour batter into pans and bake about 30 minutes, or until cake is springy and starting to pull away from the sides of the pans. Immediately turn out of the pans onto cake racks to cool. You can freeze any unneeded cake for later....See MoreFavorite Thanksgiving side dishes
Comments (64)Our cooking club meets tonight, and every November our theme is "Thanksgiving sides". The host makes turkey, and guests bring everything else. As mentioned, I am making the salad i linked above with baby arugula, fennel, goat cheese, pine nuts and prunes, which I will assemble on site. I just finished the recipe for Carrots and Parsnips Roasted with Maple Syrup, Bacon and Thyme. I had some for lunch. Yum! The recipe is here: Glazed Carrots and Parsnips A few comments. Make sure not to buy carrots in a bags; you want thin ones and a little bit of the tops. Some of the parsnips made need to be quartered to be comparable size to the carrots. You will leave a bit of the carrot greens on; wash the area where the carrot meets the top very thoroughly or even scrape with a knife to remove dirt. Use a LOT of salt and pepper. Watch them closely; 450 degrees in the bottom third is a very very hot oven. They say to discard the bacon (and it may be quite burnt). But I think the dish is a bit blah that way. I actually fried up 4 more slices again, in a pan with a bit of maple syrup, and garnished the dish with it. Going into the oven: First pass: More bacon, please! With that enhancement, I give it a big thumbs up....See Morebooberry85
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