Thanksgiving prep
I haven’t cooked Thanksgiving dinner in years. I also never make regular pies, usually galettes are my thing. But I dove in today and made the classic Libby pumpkin pie, the pecan pie and cranberry relish from Simply Recipes, and I prepared the polenta for the stuffing. I also trimmed the crust from a Madison Sourdough Co. artisan loaf and cubed it up and I have it sitting on a rack to dry out overnight.
Tomorrow will be chopping and roasting and I think I can handle that. The good thing about having the pies done today is that the pumpkin pie can chill overnight and be perfect for Thanksgiving day breakfast!!! I can’t wait.
Here’s what went wrong: The relish is very tasty…somewhat alarming to make, but actually fun and easy too. However it looks nothing like Elise’s, perhaps the KitchenAid food grinder was too much power, or maybe I should have used the larger blade. The pumpkin pie got tipped when I tried to put it in the oven. I have these silicone pot holders and I lost my grip and spilled pumpkin pie filling all over the door of my oven. I guess I’ll have to run the self-clean on Saturday. There is also a crater in the pumpkin pie about the size of a tennis ball…I have no idea why but the boys are calling it a love crater. The pecan pie…well I didn’t roll the crust out, I just smooshed it into the pie plate as evenly as I could. Obviously I’m not going to win any awards for presentation tomorrow, but it is my hope that if the ingredients are good, the product will be good, despite how it make look. Maybe I can garnish it and create some anticipation…heh, heh, heh.
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Happy Thanksgiving :-)