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Georgian Stuffed Chicken
This recipe was inspired by the cuisine of Georgia, on the Black Sea. The stuffing is a simple affair of rice cooked with onions, garlic and dried sour cherries. Parsley is forked through before spooning the rice into the chickens. And yes, chickens: I take the view that one bird is a meal, two is a feast.
Dorie Greenspan’s Chocolate Pudding
This chocolate pudding, which is adapted from Dorie Greenspan, is everything you want in a creamy dessert: It’s light and airy, just sweet enough, not too sticky, and above all, it tastes of good-quality chocolate.
Porcini Bread Stuffing
When it comes to Thanksgiving stuffing, a passionate attachment to one's own family recipe, combined with a healthy suspicion of other stuffings, has become part of the holiday ritual. This one, which includes porcini mushrooms, Cognac, raisins and fresh rosemary, comes from Julia Moskin's family, and is prepared with great ceremony by her uncle Julian M. Cohen. To make it vegetarian, simply use vegetable stock rather than chicken.
Winter Squash Braised in Cider
Here, sweet delicata squash is braised in cider with balsamic vinegar and rosemary. The amount of the herb may seem like a lot, but it mellows out in the cooking and gives the squash an unmatched savoriness.
Roast Spatchcock Turkey
In 2002, Mark Bittman published this revolutionary approach to roasting the Thanksgiving turkey, which allows you to cut the cooking time of the average turkey by about 75 percent while still presenting an attractive bird. Simply cut out the backbone — or ask your butcher to do it for you — and spread the bird out flat before roasting, a technique known as spatchcocking that is commonly used with chickens. Roasted at 450 degrees, a 10-pound bird will be done in about 45 minutes. Really. It will also be more evenly browned (all of the skin is exposed to the heat), more evenly cooked, and moister than birds cooked conventionally.
Hibiscus Gelée
Pressed Cheese Straws
Apricot Mousse
Sweet Potato Pie
This mildly-sweet version of the classic Southern pie has a crisp crust and a filling that's surprisingly light. It's rich with egg and boldly spiced with nutmeg, but as fluffy as chiffon (a quality owed to the baking powder in the filling). This means you'll probably have room for two (or three) pieces. (Don't let making your own pie crust intimidate you: our pie guide has everything you need to know.)
Chocolate Crumb Crust
Sautéed Spinach
This is a wonderfully simple, snappy side dish, and it welcomes variations. Try a little lemon zest, sauteed onion or white wine mixed in.
Glazed Orange Rind
Walnut Roulade
Chick Pea and Pesto Canapes
Avocado and Crabmeat Canapes
Souffled Smoked Salmon Canapes
Eggnog Custard
Vegetables in a Black Iron Skillet
Stuffed Acorn Squash
Gingerbread Men, Silesian-Style
White Potato Gratin
Pumpkin Drop Cookies
These tender, spiced pumpkin cookies with browned butter icing were adapted from Pat Young, the winner of the best pumpkin recipe at the 83rd Pumpkin Show in Circleville, Ohio, in 1989. They're almost cakelike in texture, and we think they taste best with a tall glass of milk.
French Green Beans and Shallots
These are perfect green beans: simple and elegant. They go with almost anything, and are delicious with roast chicken.
