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Jonathan Waxman's step-by-step guide to the compleat Thanksgiving dinner -- turkey and stuffing and all the sides -- in just two hours. Now, that's pilgrims' progress. |
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Many things in life can be done in a couple of hours. Cooking Thanksgiving dinner isn't one of them -- or so we thought until Washington Park chef Jonathan Waxman generously divulged the foolproof 120-minute technique he developed on a dare seventeen years ago and has been perfecting ever since. The avatar of California-casual cooking keeps things predictably simple with a fourteen-ingredient shopping list, and in his opinion, bigger is decidedly not better: "No one in New York has a huge kitchen," he says. "No one wants a huge turkey." The twelve-pounder his recipe calls for cooks in under an hour and a half. Which still leaves plenty of time to whip up oyster-and-apple stuffing, rich giblet gravy, crunchy Brussels sprouts and bacon, earthy roasted-carrot-and-endive salad, and homemade cranberry sauce, not to mention two kinds of potatoes, and spaghetti squash. Okay, so it doesn't include dessert. Isn't that what guests are for? |
Prepare Thanksgiving Dinner in 2 Hours>>> |
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The Menu |
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Buffet-style Thanksgiving
Serves 6 to 10.
Roast turkey and gravy
Oyster-apple stuffing
Brussels sprouts with bacon
Sweet potatoes
Spaghetti squash
Mashed potatoes
Cranberry sauce
Roasted-carrot-and-endive salad |
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The Wines
Roero Arneis, Bruno Giacosa; 2001 ($21.95)
Chinon, Les Roches Cachées; 2000 ($9.95)
Available at Sherry-Lehmann
679 Madison Avenue, near 61st Street
212-838-7500) |
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