Holiday: Thanksgiving (15)
These Cheese Balls are baked, not fried, and can be coated with a Dipping/Finishing Sauce (multiple recipe's are linked below). The Cheese Balls are a great game-day appetizer or to accentuate any full Holiday spread.
This is possibly the best Jalapeño Popper that you will ever eat. Think Jalapeño Poppers on steroids. The cheese filling is a flavorful blend of equal parts of Gorgonzola Cheese (a pungently flavorful Italian Blue Cheese) and Neufchatel Cheese (Cream Cheese with lower milkfat). Each Armadillo Egg is wrapped in bacon. 'Nough said...
Chimichurri is the quintessential Argentine Flavor. Chimichurri can be used as a marinade to flavor roasts and steaks before cooking and it can be used as a finishing sauce for meats at the dining table.
Chimichurri is the quintessential Argentine Flavor. Chimichurri can be used to flavor roasts and steaks before cooking or it can be used as a sauce for meats at the dining table. Red Chimichurri adds roasted pimento for a fuller, smokey flavor.
Crème Fraîche is a traditional creamy French sauce, made by mixing cultured Buttermilk and Heavy Cream and then incubating the culture to thicken the cream. Crème Fraîche can be a tasty addition to fresh fruit, a thickener for sauces, or even added as a creamy thickener for soups. Because of the high percentage of milk fat, Crème Fraîche can survive high heat, even boiling, without breaking down. This recipe can be easily scaled to produce a larger yield by maintaining a buttermilk/cream ratio of 1:8. Note: Buttermilk that does not have an active culture will fail to incubate properly. The Borden brand "Country Store Bulgarian Cultured Whole Buttermilk" seems to be available most places across the US.
This recipe can be prepared using a Slow Cooker (for about 3 hours) or using a Ceramic-Lined Cast Iron Dutch Oven (for about 30 minutes). The benefit of using the Slow Cooker, is that you can mix the recipe and then start the Slow Cooker before Dinner starts.
Garbage Bread is the ultimate brunch food. Variations of this recipe can be found in Brooklyn Delis, called Proscuitto Bread.The yield for this recipe is 2 medium-sized loaves. They can be cut into 2 inch cubes and served with a charcuterie board or eaten as a snack.
The Holidays just aren't the same without a glass of Egg Nog. It is surprisingly easy to make at home, with ingredients that you probably already have. From-scratch G'Nog tastes better than the stuff you buy in the store, and it doesn't have all the high-fructose corn syrup and added thickening agents. Eating raw, unpasteurized eggs can pose a potential health risk of salmonella contamination, but you can easily pasteurize eggs using your Sous Vide.
This is an easy side dish to add some green to your meal. The Lime and Pecorino Cheese will kick your Brussels Sprouts to the next level.
Leftover Mashed Potatoes are often left to sit in the refrigerator for a few weeks until they are eventually discarded. This is an easy, tasty, and fun way to use the leftovers that might ordinarily go to waste. Eat warm or drizzle with leftover gravy.
This sweet and savory sauce is easy to make. This tasty reduction goes well with any white meat. It is a versatile base that can be mixed with a wide range of flavors, including Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce, Greek Yogurt, Creme Fraiche, and other flavors.
Whether it is spelled "quark", "quarg", or "kvarg", the German word for "curd" is a common soft cheese in Slavik, German, and other Northern European countries.
Quark is a creamy, soft cheese, with an extremely mild flavor. It can be made from any milk, from whole to skim, although a whole milk will provide a slightly larger yield. Quark works well as a rich and creamy butter replacement, as a base for cheesecake, or for a variety of other savory uses. This recipe uses the "Yogurt" setting on an "Instant Pot" to incubate the culture into Quark Cheese. The yield for this recipe (using 2% Milkfat) is about 4 ounces (1/4 Cup) of Quark.
I have always found Roast Turkey to be dry and tasteless, making it necessary to cover with a large amount of gravy. This recipe will produce a flavorful, moist turkey full of complex flavors.
The bacon will act as a protective skin while roasting and will prevent the Turkey meat from drying out. Additionally, the roast can be prepared early and stored in the Refrigerator for up to 24 hours before Roasting.
Baked Potato Skins make a great appetizer or snack. While 5 pounds might at first seem like a lot of potatoes, it will never seem like you made enough. Additionally, these can be prepared before-hand and then refrigerated in an air-tight container for up to 7 days. Simply reheat for 10 minutes at 375° to serve warm or serve at room temperature.
Wassail is a festive holiday fruity drink that is typically consumed warm. This drink has the added benefit of making the whole house smell like Christmas exploded in your kitchen. This Wassail can simmer all day long. Just spoon the servings directly into mugs, while the pot continues to simmer.
