LandVest’s Top Places to Gather – Thanksgiving, Part 2

In late November we gather our family and friends together to celebrate, feast, and give thanks. In this 2-part blog series we’ll explore LandVest’s favorite places to celebrate Thanksgiving: by the sea, in town, in the mountains, and in the country. Looking for last minute recipe’s? Our brokers share some of their holiday go-tos.

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Stanley Edwards, a Luxury Real Estate Broker in Boston’s MetroWest, shares her favorite Thanksgiving leftovers dish – Turkey Hash. A great way to make a tasty dish with all the extra turkey.

TURKEY HASH

PREP TIME: 15 minutes
COOK TIME: 15 minutes

INGREDIENTS (serves 6):

  • 4 CUPS, diced leftover Thanksgiving turkey
  • 4 to 6 large POTATOES, diced
  • 2 large ONIONS, diced
  • 1 Large stalk of CELERY, diced
  • 2 glass jars of HEINZ TURKEY GRAVY
  • 1 envelope LIPTON’S ONION SOUP MIX

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Combine potatoes, onion, celery in 5 cups boiling water
  2. Reduce heat to simmer and cover
  3. Simmer until potatoes are blanched (about 4 to 5 minutes)
  4. Add diced cooked turkey and cover
  5. Simmer for additional 3 to 4 minutes
  6. Add onion soup mix and stir, cover and simmer until the potatoes are tender
  7. Drain the liquid in which the ingredients are simmering
  8. Add Heinz (glass jars) turkey gravy amount determined by amount of hash
  9. Simmer for 1 or 2 minutes
  10. Add ground pepper to taste
  11. Serve hash over Dressing(stuffing) balls
  12. Add cranberries on the side and/or orange hulls stuffed with sweet potatoes

 

THANKSGIVING IN THE COUNTRY

These country retreats offer our favorite estates to bring the family together this year, and many years to come.
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Havenwood
Woodstock, VT

 

Dia Jenks and Story Jenks, Luxury Real Estate Brokers in Woodstock, Vermont, have put their own twist on a tart recipe Dia read in Country Home. Dia says, “It is tradition at the farm for our sons to make the pies and this is always a favorite. If you’re in Vermont, we recommend that you serve the tart with Strafford Creamery’s maple or cinnamon ice cream.”

GINGER MAPLE PEAR AND CRANBERRY TART

PREP TIME: 60 minutes
COOK TIME: 30 minutes

INCREDIENTS (serves 8):

  • 2 Cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ Cup sugar
  • ¾ Tsp. salt
  • ½ Cup unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
  • Egg yolk
  • 6 Tbsp. water
  • 5 Cups of cored and sliced pears – use different varieties such as Bartlett and Anjou
  • Tbsp. lemon juice
  • Tbsp. sugar
  • Tbsp. all purpose flour
  • ½ Tsp. ground cardamom
  • Cup fresh cranberries
  • Milk
  • Sugar
  • ¼ Cup apple cider
  • Tbsp. maple syrup
  • Tbsp. finely chopped crystallized ginger
  • Tbsp. fresh ginger
  • Parchment paper

INSTRUCTIONS:

PREHEAT OVEN TO 375˚

DOUGH:

  1. In a large bowl mix together 2 cups of flour, ¼ cup of sugar and ¾ tsp. of salt. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until the mixture looks like coarse corn meal.
  2. In a small bowl combine egg yolk and 3 tbsp. of water. Stir yolk mixture into dry ingredients and add remaining 3 tbsp. to just moisten. Roll into a ball, flatten into a disc, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes (or up to 3 days in advance if you want to start early).
  3. Roll dough into a 13-inch circle. Place on a parchment paper lined baking dish. Set aside.

FILLING:

  1. Gently toss pears in a large bowl with lemon juice. Combine with 3 tbsp. sugar, 1 tbsp. flour, ground cardomon and dash of salt. Place pear slices on dough in concentric circles beginning with a big circle on the outside and ending in the center. Leave a 2 inch border of dough around the edges. Spoon onto pears any remaining mixture from the bowl. Lightly press the cranberries onto the top of the pears.
  2. Loosely fold dough edges up and over pears, pleating gently. Brush dough edges with milk, and sprinkle with additional sugar. Bake tart in a 375˚ oven for 20 minutes.
  3. Prepare maple ginger syrup. Bring apple cider, 3 tablespoons maple syrup and crystallized ginger to a simmer in a small saucepan. Lower heat and simmer, uncovered, for about 5-8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove tart from oven and pour syrup over filling. Bake for another 15-20 minutes until the dough is golden and the filling is bubbling. Cool to room temperature before serving.

THANKSGIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS

These in-town properties offer some of our favorite places to bring the family together this year, and many years to come.

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Fleetwood Farm
Tamworth, NH

For more information on these and other LandVest luxury properties, visit LandVest.com or call our Boston office, (617) 723-1800.