Lisa’s folks are joining us at our house for Thanksgiving this year, and as the one with nothing else to do but a job search, I’m planning the menu. So far it’s pretty straightforward:
- Appetizers:
- Mixed nuts
- Assorted cheeses
- Cocktails
- First course: light risotto
- Main course:
- Roast Turkey with Cider Sage Gravy (turkey cooked a la Alton Brown, assuming I can replace the broken temperature probe for my digital thermometer by then)
- Sausage and Apple Dressing
- Swiss Chard cooked with garlic and anchovies a la the Two Fat Ladies
- Roasted brussels sprouts with garlic and pancetta
- Green Beans steamed and tossed with parmigiano reggiano
- Cranberry sauce
- Bread
- Champagne
- Dessert…
Ah, and that’s where my imagination fails me. What kind of dessert? Continuing the apple theme, I’m considering broiled apples with maple Calvados sauce, but I think we’d all explode. I also have to figure out what kind of bread, and which light risotto recipe.