Thanksgiving
When I (Matt) first came to the US and learned about Thanksgiving, I was concerned. "Do I have to send cards?" I asked. "No!" I was told. "Gifts?" "No!" "Are there religious overtones? Is there a song to learn? Need I shower?" "No! No! Yes, absolutely." So here it is. Our Thanksgiving page: if you're hosting or bringing a dish to another table, there are options for you. Eat. Drink. Be merry. (Shower.)
Thanksgiving Recipes Round-Up 2019
Cooking for a big holiday is hard enough without having to search for and keep track of a million dishes. So here are our favorite Thanksgiving recipes.
Stuffing with Apples, Sausage and Fennel
Our Stuffing with Apples, Sausage and Fennel is so good, we make it for Thanksgiving every year. Like a savory bread pudding, it’s moist and flavorful in the middle, with crispy brown sides and top. The flavor combination of rich breakfast sausages, sweet apples and fennel make this the Thanksgiving side dish we just can’t do…
Mustard and Maple-Glazed Butternut Squash stuffed with Farro and Winter Greens
Opposites attract in most walks of life, and recipes are no exception. Our favorite dishes are flavored with a careful balance of sweetness and spice. We’ve infused a mix of winter vegetables and farro with sweet maple syrup and spice supplied by Maille Dijon Originale mustard, to make a really delicious and easy vegetarian dinner for a…
Thanksgiving Recipes Round-Up 2017!
When I was growing up, an “annual” was a comic-strip-based holiday gift that kept you chuckling for about a day and a half before being stuffed into a cupboard and forgotten about. I like to think our annual Thanksgiving roundup follows that tradition.
Caramelized Red Onion and Pear Tarts with Goat Cheese and Spicy Honey Drizzle
These are what you want for a holiday party: buttery puff pastry tartlets topped with oven-roasted pears, balsamic-caramelized red onions and goat cheese crumbles. A drizzle of spicy chili-honey puts it over the top.
Easy Baked Brie With Honey And Pistachios
Offering maximum impact with minimal effort, a baked Brie turns a mild-mannered cheese into the superhero of a gathering: a warm, gooey communal comfort food. This version keeps things easy and delicious—it’s baked simply, then topped with pistachios and honey. Serve it with crackers, sliced apples or good bread.
Baked Brie en Croûte With Apple and Pear Compote
Offering maximum impact with minimal effort, a baked Brie turns a mild-mannered cheese into the superhero of a gathering: a warm, gooey communal comfort food. This version wraps the cheese in a shell of flaky puff pastry, along with two sweet-tart layers of apple-pear compote.
Baked Brie en Croûte With Thyme and Fig Jam
A warm, gooey wheel of brie or camembert cheese, topped with sweet fig jam and wrapped in golden brown, flaky puff pastry.
Baked Brie – A Primer
For maximum impact with minimal effort, a baked brie turns a mild-mannered cheese into the superhero of a gathering: a warm, gooey communal comfort food.
Creamy Chicken and Potato Chowder
A comforting chicken and potato chowder packed with vegetables like chard and corn. It’s guaranteed to warm you up even on the coldest of days.
Roasted Miso-butter and Maple Sweet Potatoes
We’ve taken a classic fall sweet potato recipe and shaken it up a bit. Ginger and miso flavors add depth and spice to the baked dish, and even Thanksgiving purists will be impressed.
Cranberry Sauce Whisky Cocktail
A delicious, festive cranberry sauce whisky cocktail that makes excellent use of the Thanksgiving leftovers we KNOW you still have in the fridge…
Red Cabbage Salad with Roasted Cipollini Onions
When the weather turns cold, you want a salad that brightens your table and can stand up to all those stews and roasts you’ll be serving.
Thanksgiving Recipes Round-Up!
Cooking for a big holiday is hard enough without having to search for and keep track of a million dishes. So here are our favorite Thanksgiving recipes.
Warm Kale and Caramelized Wild Mushroom Salad
Mushrooms are incredibly versatile. Here, we sauté them until deeply golden brown, then pair their savory flavor with hearty kale leaves and a nutty sherry vinegar dressing. It’s an easy vegetarian meal in a bowl.
Spiced Pear Cocktail with Rosemary
An elegant Fall cocktail made with homemade pear syrup spiced with cinnamon and star anise. A garnish of fresh rosemary adds an herbal note which balances the warm, spicy sweetness.
The Pollinator (aka Sage Bee’s Knees)
A sophisticated, balanced cocktail that combines sage-honey syrup, aromatic gin, and fresh lemon.
Roasted Delicata Squash with Miso-Maple Butter
Delicata squash roasted until deeply caramelized and glazed with a delicious miso-maple butter. It’s sweet, salty and so satisfying.
Shredded Brussels Sprout and Red Cabbage Salad with Walnuts and Pecorino
A beautiful, healthy salad that combines thinly shredded brussels sprouts and red cabbage with toasted walnuts and Pecorino cheese. Simple but so delicious. In the midst of all the joyous holiday feasting, it’s easy to forget the pleasures of a simple, really good salad. Don’t get me wrong, one glance at our Instagram feed tells you that we’re chock ……
Easy Candied Pecans
We made these candied pecans to top our Bourbon-Pumpkin Mousse Pie but luckily I made double the recipe because they are delicious. They’d be great in a fall salad, or sprinkled over Butterscotch Pudding, or just as a snack. They’d be delicious served with blue cheese along with sliced apples and pears.
Bourbon Pumpkin Mousse Tart with Candied Pecans
Light and airy pumpkin mousse, with a good splash of bourbon, in a rich chocolate cookie shell topped with whipped cream swirls and crunchy candied pecans. Yeah, you need to make this.
Brown Sugar and Mustard Glazed Acorn Squash
Acorn squash easy-baked with a brown sugar and mustard glaze. Simple, tasty and nutritious. This recipe just screams autumn!
Thanksgiving Recipes Round-Up!
Cooking for a big holiday is hard enough without having to search for and keep track of a million recipes. It’s hard to organize all that stuff! Believe me, I struggle with that too (which is why I have a “Thanksgiving Timing Spreadsheet” that has events on it like, ‘dog probably needs to pee’ and ‘remind Matt that he ……
Sweet and Spicy Candied Peanuts
Ah, nuts! These Sweet and Spicy Candied Peanuts strike the perfect balance of sweet and heat. They’re great for snacking or for adding a special touch to soups or salads. I initially made these candied peanuts because I wanted something extra fancy to top our Thai Coconut Curry Butternut Squash Soup. While I love croutons, they didn’t seem quite right for ……
Thai Coconut Curry Butternut Squash Soup
Butternut squash soup kicked up with Thai curry flavor and served with sweet and spicy candied peanuts. Want a soup that’ll warm you up? This is it.
Apple Tarts with Rosemary-Lime Sugar
These crisp and tasty apple tarts are a great way to use up your fall bounty; using frozen puff pastry makes the whole process a lot easier, and they’re finished with rosemary-lime sugar. It happens every year in the Hudson Valley, where we live. As soon as the leaves on the maple trees turn a ridiculous ……
Toffee-Apple Sour Cream Cake (with a Salted Caramel Drizzle)
It’s a shame about toffee apples, it really is. In theory, I ought to love them. There’s the toffee, which, as our Ultimate English Toffee recipe proves, we’re all about. I have no problem with the toffee. There are the apples – and who doesn’t like apples? Your basic apple is basically the perfect snack – you ……
Farro Salad with Butternut Squash, Pistachios and Parmesan
This farro salad with butternut squash and hardy kale lets you imagine it’s actually spring while using up the last of your winter produce.
Stuffing Cakes with Poached Eggs and Chive Hollandaise
If there’s anything better than excellent Thanksgiving or Christmas side stuffing, it’s stuffing cakes made from the leftovers. Makes the perfect hangover breakfast! This is one of those leftover Thanksgiving recipes I had been thinking about for years but just made for the first time this week. We almost always make some sort of hash with our ……
Quick, Simple and Delicious Leftover Turkey Curry
Leftover turkey got you flummoxed? You can pretty much throw all your Thanksgiving leftovers into this delicious curry. And then invite us over to eat it.
Curried Butternut Squash and Apple Soup with Maple Cream
This Curried Butternut Squash and Apple Soup is silky and luscious, with the perfect balance of sweet and spice. A little swirl of maple-sweetened sour cream takes it over the top. I feel like it was only a few weeks ago that every post I wrote seemed to start with me whining and complaining about how cold it ……
Shredded Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Pecans
This version of shredded brussels sprouts with bacon and pecans might be the perfect Thanksgiving side dish, and can be made ahead to save you T-day stress.
Whipped Rutabaga with Crispy Shallots
Whipped rutabaga is a fluffy, creamy side dish that will make your Thanksgiving sparkle – especially when paired with crisped shallots.
Rosemary, Baby! (Bourbon & Aperol Punch with Rosemary & Grapefruit)
The rosemary cocktail doesn’t come any more Hallowe’eny than this: “Rosemary, Baby!” – a little sweet, a little bitter, with just enough herbal and citrus flavor to balance it out. Oh, and it’s blood red. Good for individual cocktails or a party punch! It should come as a shock to absolutely no one (who either ……
Roasted Beet Salad with Hazelnuts and Goat Cheese
Roasted beet salad is all about the beets, baby. But you also need spicy greens, creamy ripe cheese and a balanced salad dressing. We show you how.
Hazelnut Praline Cheesecake
Hazelnut cheesecake with praline crust is a crowd-pleasing dessert that will make your dinner guests love you until the end of time, or until the end of the cheesecake, whichever comes first. I’m pretty sure Matt moved from London to New York mostly for the cheesecake. It is by far his favorite dessert so of ……
Cranberry Sauce with Cointreau
A cranberry sauce holds the Thanksgiving dishes together but you don’t want to spend too much time on it. Our recipe is quick and delicious.
Make Ahead Turkey Gravy with Calvados (Apple Brandy)
For the last few years, my Thanksgiving philosophy has been “Everything that CAN be made ahead SHALL be made ahead”. I developed this philosophy (religion?) several years ago when Matt and I decided to make Thanksgiving for 13 people in our teeny, tiny Brooklyn kitchen. Our oven could barely fit a normal-sized turkey, let alone ……
Turkey Stock for Gravy
Ask me what my favorite Thanksgiving recipe is. Go on, ask. Fine, I’ll tell you anyway, but it might just blow your mind (not really, but just go with me here). It’s home-made turkey stock. Well, it’s really the gravy that is made with that stock but I’ll get to that soon. I know it’s ……
Custard Tart with Pear and Ginger
We all have our culinary strengths and weaknesses and I freely admit that making pastry is a major weakness of mine. It’s frustrating because I’m really comfortable cooking pretty much anything, but pastry always trips me up. It’s like I see the combination of butter, flour and a rolling pin and I immediately begin to ……
Chicken Liver Pâté with Thyme and Brandy
This pate – aka chopped livers – is a really versatile appetizer or party snack … and may even convert the non-liver-lover.
Creamed Pearl Onions
Creamed pearl onions is one of those holiday dishes that seems so unnecessary… until one year you don’t make it and everyone gets mad and you realize it’s a tradition for a reason, damn it. There’s something about that soft (but not too soft) texture and that simple, pale sauce that just works. It’s a ……
Sesame Roasted Pears
Roasted pears become even more delicious with a drizzle of sesame oil and sesame seeds. Perfect as a side for pork belly and rice!
Mashed Butternut Squash with Thyme and Mascarpone
This butternut squash dish is basically autumn in a pot. It’s orange, it’s delicious, it’s healthy, and you can serve it for Thanksgiving or as a side for any meal.