You've picked your turkey, selected your starters & sides, and now what?
Leave your guests to fend for dessert on their own?
Of course not!
Here's a look at what we served for Thanksgiving dessert last year, as well as what the food magazines are recommending this year.
Choose carefully!
Last Thanksgiving, after we had gone all out with a huge turkey and then copious amounts of starters and sides, we were faced with a dessert dilemma.
Should we go traditional, making a pumpkin pie or even an apple stack cake? Or should we succumb to our chocolate cravings?
Chocolate won out, and are we glad it did!
We selected these Chocolate Cranberry Cakes with Bourbon Whipped Cream (Gourmet November 2006) as our Thanksgiving dessert. They're outrageous. They're decadent. They're the kind of dessert that you don't want to ever end.
If Chocolate Cranberry Cakes aren't your thing, here are plenty more options, with a full list of what the food magazines are recommending for dessert this Thanksgiving.
What will you be serving?
GOURMET (NOVEMBER 2008)
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Feature #1: Over the Top (aka Fancy Pants Thanksgiving)
Seckel Pear Tart with Poire William Cream
Spiced-Pumpkin Souffles with Bourbon Molasses Sauce
Feature #2: "Come Together" (aka Latin-Fusion Thanksgiving)
Rum Ice Cream (in-magazine only)
Feature #3: "Four Hour Feast" (aka the Thanksgiving Meal That Looks Like You Slaved All Day Even Though You Didn't)
Feature #4: "Harvest's Home" (aka The Vegetarian Thanksgiving Zach and Clay are Unlikely to Ever Have)
BON APPÉTIT (NOVEMBER 2008)
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Feature #2: "Purely Pumpkin" (aka Six Degrees of Pumpkin Pie)
Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie with Chocolate-Almond Bark and Toffee Sauce
Pumpkin and Brown-Sugar Crème Brûlée
Pumpkin Praline Trifle
Pumpkin Spice Layer Cake with Caramel and Cream Cheese Frosting
Pumpkin Cheesecake with Marshmallow-Sour Cream Topping and Gingersnap Crust
SAVEUR (NOVEMBER 2008)
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Feature #1: "Open City" (aka A Big Easy Thanksgiving in New Orleans)
EVERYDAY FOOD (NOVEMBER 2008)
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Feature #1: "Easy as Pie!" (aka Pies in Your Face)
MARTHA STEWART LIVING (NOVEMBER 2008)
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Honey-Phyllo Pumpkin Pie (in-magazine only)
Triple-Chocolate Pumpkin Pie
FOOD & WINE (NOVEMBER 2008)
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Pumpkin Cheesecake with Pecan Praline Topping
Pear Tart with Pecan Crust
Feature #2: “A Chef’s All American Thanksgiving” (aka A Spanish Take on Turkey)
COOK'S ILLUSTRATED (NOVEMBER 2008)
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