Thanksgiving 2021 Planning and checklist

Monday 11/22

• Corn Bread x 2: https://www.cooksillustrated.com/recipes/1768-all-purpose-cornbread

• Prep Carrots

• Prep Celery

• Prep Whipped Honey Butter: https://www.cooksillustrated.com/recipes/1764-whipped-honey-butter

Tuesday 11/23

• 12:PM Pick up Turkey at Grade A

• Break Down Turkey

• Sous vide turkey

• Separate Turkey from bones

Wednesday 11/24

• Make Turkey stock:

  • https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018432-turkey-gravy-from-scratch

  • https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1051-marc-peels-truffled-turkey-potpie

• Boil Sweet Potatoes for 35 minutes:

  • In a kettle combine the sweet potatoes with enough cold water to cover them by 1 inch and boil them for 35 minutes, or until they are just tender. Drain the sweet potatoes and let them cool until they can be handled. The sweet potatoes may be prepared in advance up to this point and kept chilled overnight.

  • https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/sherried-sweet-potatoes-and-apples-13391

• Pickup Cheese / Meat Tray

• Pickup Bread

• Pickup Desserts

• Peel Potatoes, prep Parmesan cheese

• Scallion-Cheddar Cornbread Stuffing x 2: Steps 1-5 https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021647-scallion-cheddar-cornbread-stuffing

Thursday 11/25

• Cook Potatoes, Mash, etc

• Make pot pie

• Prep Apples w/ lemon juice, sugar and cinnamon

• Stuffing in around noon or 11:30

• Turkey Gravy (12:15): https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018432-turkey-gravy-from-scratch

• Finish Sweet Potatoes (12:30)