TG prep 2024

by Jon Sullivan - 2024-08-28 - Food

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Only three months till Thanksgiving. Time to start working on test recipes. Let the circus of cooking begin.

A quick recap for new readers - My Thanksgiving tradition is to make the best 8 original recipe dishes I can come up with. Basically an all day chef's tasting menu of ridiculous proportion. 12 hours of intense foodie excess. I'll cook some dishes, my sister will cook some, and select guests will wander in and out through the day, eating as much as they can. We don't fuck around, and this is high-end cuisine with the best ingredients we can gather. It's stunt cooking, and if the day doesn't include several of the best dishes we've ever eaten we as chefs have lost.

With my reputation on the line, I need to start planning early. A long list of cool sounding dishes must be tested and trimmed down to only the 4-5 best. I've been gathering ideas for months, and now we turn crazy ideas into actual food. Here is the beginning list this year, along with the inspiration for each -

• Garlic avocado toast with smoked fish and shallot relish (original)
• Ballantine coq au vin (Joshua Weissman)
• Duck fat hash browns with soft scrambled egg and caviar (Joshua Weissman)
• Beef birria egg rolls with red pepper fondue (Matty Matheson)
• Crab Louis deviled eggs (original)
• Chicken fried bacon BLT with tomato jam (Internet meme)
• Dessert ravioli with cardamom cream and thimbleberry jam (Chef J)
• Wild mushroom salmon wellington (Julia Child)
• Fried Manchego with chorizo sauce and chimichurri (traditional)
• Bacon wrapped grilled cheese sammies with hollandaise (Mythical Kitchen)
• Shrimp balls with ginger cream and thai basil (traditional)
• Potato cannoli with mole gravy (original)
• Blackened Salmon carbonara with cured egg yolk (original)
• Beef Bourguignon mini Scotch pies (traditional)
• Chicken fried bagel with sage and rosemary cream cheese (Mythical Kitchen)
• Braised Artichoke Hearts with three sauces (traditional)
• New Orleans BBQ prawns with sausage and rice (traditional)
• Chicken Risoni with Crispy Salami (RecipeTin Eats)
• Roasted potato with carrot and hazelnut puree (original)
• Marinated steak bites with blackberry BBQ sauce (original)

Last year I felt my sister's dishes were a tier better than mine. Which needs to be corrected.

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