Curveball (thanksgiving, etc)

Wow.

The day after thanksgiving I received some Horrible news, so the last couple of weeks have been, well, pretty shitty. But, that doesn't mean we didn't have a decent thanksgiving anyway, because I didn't want to ruin it for my kids. Plus it helped to have something to focus on... Aaaaannnyyyway. Here's the lowdown:

Episode #14, Romancing The Bird—A Good Eats Thanksgiving
Recipe: Good Eats Roast Turkey
Results: One primo bird:



Episode #14, Romancing The Bird-A Good Eats Thanksgiving
Recipe: Sweet Corn Bread Pudding (stuffing)
Results: Really good stuffing, that was a tasty adjunct to my wife's awesome Italian Sausage & Fennel Stuffing.

Episode #14, Romancing The Bird-A Good Eats Thanksgiving
Recipe: Tart Cranberry Dipping Sauce
Results: Great alternative to the can, or even homemade sauce. Note, a regular blender wasn't sufficient to demolish the cranbeery skins. Either that or there were "threads" of skin because I used fresh cranberry. Either way it was delicious stuff!

Now, on to the leftovers... I've been planning this for weeks, and now I can finally make it: Thanksgiving Pizza!

This lovely mess of mis en place is:

Turkey (light & dark), cornbread stuffing, sausage stuffing, cheese, canned cranberry sauce, gravy, corn, mashed potatoes. Not visible - crust, cranberry dipping sauce.

To assemble, obtain a pizza crust, either from your favorite shop, market, or bake your own. Note that the crust was baked until just slightly golden brown, then the fixin's were placed on it, then the whole shebang was baked again, to reheat the ingredients but not overcook the crust. Worked like a charm.

Place a layer of cranberry dipping sauce as a base.
Sprinkle a light layer of grated cheese. I used mozarella from a bag, but I was lazy.
Place leftovers on pie. For gravy & potatoes, I recommend dipping fingers in dish,. then flicking onto pie.
Slice canned cranberry into rounds, then use a shot glass or similar to cut out "pepperoni". Place on pizza, sprinkle on more cheese, and bake for a few minutes.

The results:



Fricken' YUM.