Our 2011 Thanksgiving Recipes

Okay folks. Here are the ingredients from our Thanksgiving dinner, not the cooking instructions, but I'm sure you can use your imagination to make these. The pies and gravy are from standard recipes where as the turkey, stuffing, green beans and macaroni are from scratch. The turkey injection was a last minute decision based on what we had available, we didn't have any fresh citrus in the house. Also, I cooked the turkey in a bag, at 350. It took about 3.5 hours.

Turkey

Stuffed

• 1 chopped red delicious apple

• 1 chopped red onion

Lathered

• ½ tub of butter

• ½ cup coarsely chopped sage, thyme, rosemary

Injected

• 1 can pureed pears
• 1 oz grenadine
• ½ tsp orange extract

Stuffing

• 2 boxes Stovetop stuffing
• 1 cup Pinot Grigio
• 3 cups chicken stock
• ½ lb turkey sausage
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp sea salt

• 1 tsp fresh ground black pepper

• ½ cup drippings from finished turkey

Gravy

• 4 cups drippings from finished turkey
• 6 tbsp flour
• ½ cup Pinot Grigio

• salt and pepper to taste

Macaroni & Cheese

• 2 boxes rigatoni
• 1 lb extra sharp cheddar, cubed

• ½ colby jack, cubed

• 4 oz cream cheese

• 3 cloves garlic

• ½ garlic salt

• 2 tbsp parsley flakes

• ½ tsp paprika

• ½ tsp nutmeg

• 1 tsp cumin

• ½ cup evaporated milk

• ½ cup milk

• ½ stick of butter

• salt and pepper to taste

Green Beans

• 3lbs pole beans

• ½ cup butter

• 2 cloves minced garlic

• ½ cup diced (previously trimmed) steak fat

• salt and pepper to taste

Old-Fashioned Fudge Pie

• 2 oz semisweet chocolate
• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 9in unbaked pie crust

Pumpkin Pie

• 1 9in unbaked deep dish pie crust

• 15 oz pumpkin

• 14 oz sweetened condensed milk

• 2 eggs

• 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice