Thanksgiving 2010!

THANKSGIVING 2010!
Livy's

The final cut

All items made with organic vegetables except where marked with indications of semi-homemade, purchased, or brought by guest

White Bean dip

Before: Swiss Chard 

After: Swiss chard and four cheese challah pudding

Basalmic and brown sugar butternut squash

Before: Scarlet turnips

After: Roasted sweet potato, parsnip, turnip, scarlet turnip

Four root ensemble: sweet potato, turnip, parsnip, scarlet turnip

Herbed brie croquette salad with four root ensemble

Grilled jalapeno cornbread with queso fresco

Base for Crimini mushroom, thyme and rosemary soup

the ocean waves: Crimini mushroom, thyme and rosemary soup

Wild mushroom with browned butter sauce (semi-homemade)

Scallop tartlet (TJ),
Asian shitake mushroom glutinous rice stuffing (courtesy of guest / Buddhist temple)
Swiss chard and four cheese challah pudding

Thai shrimp dumpling with crabmeat sauce (semi)

The omnivores plate:
Garlic mashed potato with wild mushroom
gravy,
Harvest vegetable biscuit stuffing,
Herbed free range turkey (WF),
Sweet potato mash

The vegetarian platter:
Sweet potato mash
Asian shitake mushroom glutinous rice stuffing
Harvest vegetable biscuit stuffing,
Garlic mashed potato
Wild mushroom gravy

Dessert Platter
Apple turnover (bought),
Jacques Torres individual chocolate indulgence
(http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/jacques-torres/individual-chocolate-indulgence-cake-recipe/index.html)
Roasted honey and olive oil drizzled pear with cinnamon essence,
Miniature ginger cakelette with molten chocolate center
(http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Ginger-Cakes-with-Molten-Chocolate-Centers-and-Ginger-Creme-Anglaise-14595)
Chocolate mango truffle (courtesy of brother and Cinderella)