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Thanksgiving 2020
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Small Thanksgiving with my dad, Emily, and Victor. So only 6 people and only two of whom actually eat turkey. A bit lower key than 2018[@rev].
The menu was as follows with other details below:
For dessert, we had
This was the main thing I was in charge of making. I dry brined[@rev] the turkey and then followed Serious Eats' Herb-Rubbed Crisp-Skinned Butterflied Roast Turkey (LOCAL[@rev]). I did butterfly/Spatchcock it as well. It was a small turkey starting at about 9.66 lbs.
I carved it following this video from Serious Eats on YouTube (LOCAL[@rev])
I followed Serious Eats (LOCAL[@rev]) for the gravy. I used some matchsticks carrots for the carrots
I repeated the crispy salmon from the other day[@rev] using the same rub[@rev] but they were cut ahead of time so we could also sear and crisp the sides.
Meredith made her favorite Cranberry Bars[@rev]. She followed the recipe but had to use two different pans rather than the one she wanted. They were a bit thin but very, very good. We all really enjoyed them!
Emily made No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake (LOCAL[@rev]) from Kind of Healthy Recipes by Mason Fit. Her notes: Used low fat cream cheese
Emily made Zero Smart Points Cranberry Sauce. Mostly just for her and my dad
Victor made "Chef John's" Pumpkin Pie from All Recipes (LOCAL[@rev]). I do not know if this was Victor's planned recipe or if he pivoted to this since I bought him Sweetened Condensed Milk rather than Evaporated. I think he also used (eyeballed?) Pumpkin Pie Spice in place of the constituent spices in the recipe
At first, I didn't love it since it wasn't really sweet (it doesn't get any additional sugar) but once I got used to it, I actually really liked it since you really tasted the pumpkin.