Holiday Feast

Main and Side Dishes: Roasted Turkey Rubbed with Jalapeno, Fresh Sage and Orange Butter and Bread Stuffing with Pears, Bacon, and Caramelized Onions
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Main and Side Dishes: Roasted Turkey Rubbed with Jalapeno, Fresh Sage and Orange Butter and Bread Stuffing with Pears, Bacon, and Caramelized Onions

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This is the moment everyone has been waiting for all day. After the exuberant and frenzied unwrapping of presents, after the trips outside to play in the snow, after the unique and tasty starter dishes, it has come down to this; the main course, the pièce de résistance. While we like to mix things up, push fruit to its culinary boundaries and share our recipe stories, we also have a strong sense of tradition. For many Americans, no Christmas dinner is complete without turkey, and we kind of feel the same way. But while we may have chosen a traditional dish, we of course are going to mix things up and feature fruit in every aspect of this Christmas Feast.

Starter: Balsamic-Glazed Pear and Goat Cheese Crostini with Hot Spiced Apple-Pear Cider
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Starter: Balsamic-Glazed Pear and Goat Cheese Crostini with Hot Spiced Apple-Pear Cider

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Everyone has their own memories and traditions for Christmas morning. For our family it begins by waking up to the aroma of freshly baked coffee cake topped with strawberries. Outside, the frost, or sometimes snow, glistens in the dawn’s first light as we gather around the fireplace and open stockings. The morning is a bustling mix of stretching, yawning, and wide eyed wonderment that is only finished when every stocking has been opened and every gift unwrapped. As noon arrives, the attention once again turns to food, and the smell of the upcoming Christmas feast fills the house. To stave off the voracious, albeit still joyous crowd you present the starters; Balsamic-Glazed Pear and Goat Cheese Crostini and Hot Spiced Apple-Pear Cider.