Meat from tails and claws of two lobsters cut into 1/2″ pieces *alternate is langostino
1 tbsl olive oil
1/2 c finely diced fennel
2 garlic cloves minced
2 cups arborio rice
1/4 tsp lemon zest
1/2 c white wine
8 cups of lobster or fish stock, warmed
2 tbls chopped chevril, plus sprigs
salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
In a saute pan over medium heat melt 3 tbls butter. Add 1 cup leeks, cook 5 min. Add cognac, simmer, stirring 1 minute. Add lobster meat and cook 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat.
In a risotto pan over medium heat melt 1 tbsp butter with oil. Add fennel and cook 5 minutes. Add 1/2 c leeks and cook for 2 minutes. Add garlic, cook 1 min. Stir in rice and zest and cook 2 min. Add wine and stir until absorbed. Add 1/2 c stock at a time until completely absorbed, then do it again. After 35-40 minutes of doing this, constant stirring, then add the lobster mix. Stir in 1-2 tbsp chevril. Ready to serve.
Thaw and squeeze 2 packages – 6 oz of Alaskan King Crab and set aside
12 oz cream cheese
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp butter
1/2 c finely chopped onion
4 dashes garlic salt
Instructions
Whip together and spread on a decorative dish. Spread 1 bottle of cocktail sauce on top of the cream cheese mix. Place chunks of crabmeat on top of cocktail sauce. Serve with wheat thins to scoop.
Toss a brick of cream cheese on a plate and surround with crackers. Flake imitation crab meat and toss on top. Buy a jar of Allied Homemade Chili Sauce and pour that on top. Ready!
Muddle leaves with a pestle. Add to syrup. Refrigerate overnight. Strain muddled leaves.
Fill glass with shaved ice. Add bourbon (100 proof). Add 1 teaspoon of the syrup or more to taste. Stir wit a sprig of fresh mint. 2 parts bourbon to 1 part syrup is the recommendation.
1 lb bacon (Walmart peppered bacon is awesome), cut in 3rds
Sauce
1/2 C ketchup
1/2 C brown sugar
1/4 C white sugar
3 tbls worsteshire sauce
*scallops, shrimp, banana peppers optional
Instructions
Roll chestnuts and optional items in bacon and secure with toothpicks. Place in baking dish. Mix sauce and pour over the rolls and bake in oven at 325 for 30 minutes.
Don’t know the story on the name, but the Hahn’s probably will. This is a year-round craved side dish for those Christmas tamales! Melt in your mouth, and super easy.
Until I find the original recipe, you can ad-lib this one! You CANNOT go wrong here.
White rice, cooked. 3-6 cups.
Tub of Sour cream. Might as well use the fatty stuff.
The biggest block of Monterey Jack cheese you can find, shredded.
Diced or sliced green chiles in can. Save juice for the rice water!
Instructions
Cook the rice. Use a rice cooker and save yourself the drama. Let cool.
Mix with entire tub of sour cream.
Layer in heavy casserol dish: rice, cheese, chiles, and repeat.
Top with cheese.
Bake 220 for 20 minutes to melt cheese, covered. Broil 5 min to brown cheese.
Notes
I prefer arborio rice, but cheap uncle bens white rice works great. I also get a kick out of the Herdez green chiles, but mostly because I get a little giggle when I see the “GLUTEN FREE!!” branding on it.
Mix raw egg, 1 roll of breakfast sausage like Jimmy Deans, and peeled and opened package of italian sausage in a bowl.
Wrap mixture around hard boiled egg and roll in bread crumbs.
Bake at 350 directly on oven rack with water lined cookie sheet below (to prevent burning fat drippings), until the sausage appears to crack.
While baking, go to stove and make a white gravy. Saute butter, finely chopped celery and shallots and then make a roux with flour and cream to add to it.
To serve, cut the cooked scotch egg in half and pour gravy over. 1 egg is extremely filling!
A crazy horseradish cranberry dish. But wait!!! Don’t run away. The horseradish takes the bitterness away from the cranberry, while the cranberry taste the bite from the horseradish. It ends up being a cool and refreshing addition to the typical Thanksgiving set up. *Make 1 day prior
Scale
Ingredients
2 C fresh cranberries
1/2 C sugar
1/4 horseradish (homemade is best; see Joy of cooking cookbook)
1 tbsp of fresh lemon juice
Instructions
Chop Cranberries with sugar in food processor. Add remaining ingredients and refrigerate.
Notes
Really works well in my dad’s Turkey Salad Sammies for an after Thanksgiving snack.
A pancake-like treat made from the meat juice of a holiday roast. A family tradition and special holiday treat that many generations of the McHugh’s have been known to literally fight over, and quite possibly the cause of heart conditions in the genepool too. Be careful with instructions! This one takes time and practice to perfect.
Scale
Ingredients
Drippings from a holiday roast such as a standing rib roast. Hopefully, it was cooked in a pan that has an edge approx 2″ or more in height.
3/4 C flour (less if gluten free flour and it should be a flour that rises well)
1/2 tbs salt
2 Eggs
1 C Milk
Instructions
Remove roast to cool. Scrape out garlic or roast drippings that are not liquid form. Keeping liquid drippings in pan, re-heat in oven at 425.
Beat thoroughly all other ingredients starting with flour and salt, then eggs, then milk slowly to moisten.
Pour into hot pan with drippings, and carefully swish and swirl (technical jargon for Perrin chefs) around pan so it will rise up the edges. *Imagine when you crack an egg into a hot pan and how the whites of the egg spreads and cooks..you want that to happen here as much as possible.
Bake in oven at 400 (lower temp) for 20-30 minutes or until crispy and golden. Serve immediately.
Notes
If you are the type of person who takes a piece of bread and wipes your plate clean with it after a steak, you will LOVE this.
A Thanksgiving side dish that looks as bad as it sounds, but tastes amazing! Think bread pudding. We double the recipe most times.
Scale
Ingredients
1/4 Water or Juice
1 C Stewed Tomatoes
1 C Dark Brown Sugar
1/2 C Melted Butter
Salt and Pepper
4–5 Slices of Bread
Instructions
Mix all ingredients except bread (butter last), and blend. Do not allow to cool.
Cut bread into cubes and place in 8×8 baking dish.
Pour mixture over, completely covering bread and bake.
Notes
Depending on the bread, I may/may not drain the tomatoes (i.e.Gluten free bread is more dense). On a double order, I use 1/4 OJ and 1/4 Coke. Favorite brand of tomatoes is the carmelized onion S & G brand diced tomatoes. Walmart generic is also good. This is a wonderful recipe to get the kids started on contributing to holiday meals. Can be cooked and reheated. We like ours crispier, but watch carefully not to overcook or you will have a bad combo of burnt bread and sugar!
