Thanksgiving menus

[witchypoo]

if you have a bunch, i'll refrain - i find a fattoush recipe is a fattoush recipe.

i wouldn't use the candy melts.  i'd use bittersweet chips or chunks (easier to melt than a bar, and no palm oil - as in the candy melts).

https://www.amazon.com/Ghirardelli-Chocolate-Bittersweet-Baking-Chips/dp/B00JVSSHX4/ref=sr_1_27?dchild=1&keywords=ghirardelli+dark+chocolate&qid=1606069872&rnid=2941120011&s=grocery&sr=1-27

[blue sleep]

Thanks! 

I love to cook but really have no idea how to make sweet things.

[diablita]

oooh this looks good:

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/11/naamas-fattoush-from-jerusalem.html

[Run Amok]

If you're not a baker, I would recommend against blog recipes, which usually are not really tested well. It's so easy to be led to heartbreak. 

I think you could make this in a tart pan. I made it earlier this summer and it was really good.

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/tahini-billionaire-bars

Also, add some pomegranate arils to your fattoush... so wonderful this time of year!

[BonitaApplebum]

If you're not a baker, I would recommend against blog recipes, which usually are not really tested well. It's so easy to be led to heartbreak. 

I think you could make this in a tart pan. I made it earlier this summer and it was really good.

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/tahini-billionaire-bars

Also, add some pomegranate arils to your fattoush... so wonderful this time of year!

I agree so much. A cooking recipe from a blog can usually be salvaged, but baking? Stick to the tried and true resources!

[nadra24]

I've settled on:
Ham (I've got some in the freezer so I just need to heat it up)
Rolls
Stuffing
Mashed potatoes
Sweet potato casserole
Green beans
Blueberry pie
Chocolate dream pie

I found small batch recipes for the stuffing and sweet potato casserole, and I'm making a batch of rolls so we can have ham/turkey sandwiches later. It's not worth cooking a turkey for just us, so I got some thick carved turkey lunch meat so we can have that in sandwiches. Or maybe I'll beg for some leftovers from my parents, who are cooking a 16 lb turkey for three people.

[rocketgirl]

I don't know.  I guess it depends on what I feel like once I get to the grocery store. 
Buttermilk chess pie is likely.
Some sort of pork - probably will smoke a pork loin, but if there's a small ham, maybe that.
Mac and cheese and/or sweet potato casserole.
Maybe a blue cheese and pear salad for something green.

Or I could be totally lazy and eat a sandwich, haha.

Or having suggested fesenjan to someone else, I kind of want it now.  Although I never found pomegranate syrup locally and am in no mood to reduce pomegranate juice to create it.

[Ice Cream]

We're doing chinese take out.  I am of no help.

[witchypoo]

oooh this looks good:

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/11/naamas-fattoush-from-jerusalem.html

the finest fattoush i've ever had was on the menu at a pizzeria - housed inside an old church in the christian quarter (right near the jaffa gate).

[diablita]

 

man what I wouldn't give to be there for Chanukah this year

[blue sleep]

Tahini chocolate tart
https://wavesinthekitchen.com/chocolate-tahini-tart/
For the baker types, what kind of dark chocolate would you use? Is there a brand you like for melting better than others?

So against CH advice, I made this. It was intensely chocolatey and rich and very good.

But its not what I was looking for. The tahini in this recipe enhanced the taste of the chocolate. But what I want is the taste of tahini/sesame. I think I'll try the billionaire bars or something else with a tahini or sesame layer for Christmas.

[Run Amok]

The billionaire bars were good!

I saw this recipe and thought it looked good too.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/tahini-salted-caramel-tart/17159/

This was the pie I made. The genius recipes series has brought so many hits into my life & this is no exception! I don't bake sweets often but I'm loving the sound of the recipe book she created this out of. I was super skeptical about this pie but it actually was really good & easy and not as non-traditional as I thought it might be & I want to try all her other sugar pie varieties.  🤣
https://food52.com/recipes/84280-pumpkin-sugar-pie-recipe

[blue sleep]

The billionaire bars were good!

I saw this recipe and thought it looked good too.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/tahini-salted-caramel-tart/17159/

Hmmm. That does look good.  (As does your pumpkin sugar pie!)

I thought this looked good, too -- more along the lines I'm looking for but DH hates eggs and is weirdly afraid of custard so it is a no go.
https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2020/11/toasted-white-sesame-tart-chocolate-ganache.html

I'm thinking I need to incorporate toasted sesame into the crust, with the same chocolate-tahini filling I used in my original recipe.

[Run Amok]

That does look good! I have only recently come around to sweet custards.  If they aren't cooked just right they are either too soft or I can taste the egg. I do like eggs but I don't like the taste of them in dessert.