I would like to pay homage to the crowning glory of Thanksgiving feasts all across this country. Pies. Every November, families come together, friends come together, and all the pies come together. When else is there ever such a gathering of pies?
This Thursday, we met up with friends at a beach house and shared good times together and an epic feast including: turkey, a quarter ham from our Sweetbriar farms pig, gluten-free bacon oyster stuffing, spiced yams with plantain, green bean casserole, cranberry plum sauce, cranberry lavender sauce, salad, brussel sprouts with bacon, baked cauliflower with capers and parsley, rice/hazelnut/fig/chanterelle stuffing, gluten-free sausage/fennel/chanterelle/acorn stuffing, rabbit stew, sweet potato and pecan dish (we pretended it was not dessert), and of course, Waldorf Salad!
As if this meal was not enough of an epicurean event in and of itself, there were also all the pies. Even more amazing was that they were all gluten-free and mostly dairy free! We had triple berry cream with crumble topping, pumpkin, chai spiced pumpkin coconut, coconut/almond/peanut butter pie, pecan pie with bear lard crust, and two flourless chocolate cakes (one made with coconut oil and the other with butter and frosting). I’m talking about Pie Heaven.
The coconut, almond, peanut butter pie.
No Thanksgiving will ever be complete again without chocolate cake. Possibly no ordinary day either.
Give thanks for pie.
wow, yum yum xx