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Chocolate Mousse. For Andrea, from Toriello-Nicosia Thanksgiving Traditions at Midwest Living.

Ingredients

8 oz. milk chocolate
2 blocks (2 ounces) unsweetened chocolate
5 Tbs. water
2 Tbs. rum or brandy
2 egg yolks
1/4 cup butter
1 cup heavy cream
18 ladyfingers, split
4 egg whites
chopped almonds, if desired for garnish

Break chocolates into pieces; combine milk chocolate and unsweetened chocolate with water and rum in top of double boiler. Place over hot water and stir until melted and smooth. Remove from heat; blend in egg yolks. Add butter, a little at a time, stirring until blended. Whip cream; carefully fold into chocolate mixture. Chill 1 hour or until mixture begins to set.

Meanwhile, line bottom and sides of an 8 or 9-inch springform pan with ladyfingers. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Carefully fold into chocolate mixture. Pour into lined mold and chill 8 hours or overnight. Garnish with chopped almonds, if desired

The pig's the thing: Somewhere in France, there's somebody with oaks, access to a pig and a really nice seasonal gig.

Quel Objet offers Fresh Black Perigord Winter Truffles for 1 oz. Whole truffles $125

With pigs and dogs chomping at the bit, the French truffle season opens the last week of November.

Lovely site, lovely stuff. Not in my budget. I have no idea what a truffle tastes like, just that it's awfully precious for a Tuber:

...their smell has been described as similar to deep-fried sunflower seeds or walnuts, although it has also been described as "a foul aroma."[3] Not all people are able to smell the odor of this fungus. People have noted that water in which truffles have been soaked can taste similar to soy sauce.

Thanksgiving Dinner Fantasy Draft: What dishes would you pick? at Denver's Cafe Society.

From a list of 27 traditional dishes on the table,"we drew straws for draft order, and picked until they were all gone, to see whose final meal roster would result in the most satisfactory food coma."

The three choose, they explain.

That girl gets Thanksgiving dinner. The two guys get unsorted lists. Nobody took the tofurkey, a tofu substitute.

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1 Comments

Andrea said:

Ummmmmmmmm

I think I'll save that chocolate mousse recipe for the post-thanksgiving weekend. Thank you, Sheila, for tracking it down.. I'm sharing it with Rich and Sue.

Link | November 26, 2008 11:15 AM
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