In the true spirit of a quarantine Thanksgiving, Terranea will make you a meal to go. More than enough to feed a family, expertly packed and loaded into your trunk by a couple of gloved-and-masked men who now think I live in my car. Word of advice: clear out your trunk BEFORE you pick up dinner.
For starters, there's a cream Soup with a hint of butternut squash and a drop of ginger. The flavors are smooth and sweet for those who prefer less pungency. The ginger isn't really detectable, so it makes the soup appeal to more palates.
A Harvest Salad is a supposed side could be a main by itself. Sweet slices of roasted acorn squash are punctuated by pomegranate and all sorts of seeds add a hearty, earthy touch. A sherry vinaigrette has some sweet to temper the tang and brings out the sharper flavors of all the mixed greens.
Half a Turkey will feed four if all are famished. The meat is tender and juicy, and the skin is crispy and pretty close to melt-in-your-mouth. Even the usually-bland breast holds some, and the gravy is light but rich.
It’s Cranberry Compote instead of canned supermarket sauce. It’s tangy with the finish of a real fruit and may be the only cranberry sauce I can truly love.
Add some cranberry to the Brioche Stuffing as well. The fluffy shreds of bread make an airy accompaniment. I’ve never liked stuffing, but this one works, even for me.
The Mashed Potatoes are buttery, fluffy, well-whipped with cream. The best part is you get two containers.
The Candied Sweet Potato is surprisingly, pleasantly minimalist, simply roasted with cranberry and pecans. You taste just the natural sweetness from the yams, and there's little-to-no sugar added.
Eat your vegetables too. The Roasted Root Vegetables: turnips, shallots, beets, rainbow carrots, and honey nut squash give you quite the selection and a variety of texture, too.
You only get half a turkey but you do get a whole pie. We got Pumpkin Pie for tradition, but they have a lot of mouth-watering choices including pecan. The pumpkin pie filling is one of the better ones I've had, a super-smooth, creamy texture, a lot less pulpy than most I've had.
Don't worry, it was worth the humiliation once I got that dinner home.
For starters, there's a cream Soup with a hint of butternut squash and a drop of ginger. The flavors are smooth and sweet for those who prefer less pungency. The ginger isn't really detectable, so it makes the soup appeal to more palates.
A Harvest Salad is a supposed side could be a main by itself. Sweet slices of roasted acorn squash are punctuated by pomegranate and all sorts of seeds add a hearty, earthy touch. A sherry vinaigrette has some sweet to temper the tang and brings out the sharper flavors of all the mixed greens.
Half a Turkey will feed four if all are famished. The meat is tender and juicy, and the skin is crispy and pretty close to melt-in-your-mouth. Even the usually-bland breast holds some, and the gravy is light but rich.
It’s Cranberry Compote instead of canned supermarket sauce. It’s tangy with the finish of a real fruit and may be the only cranberry sauce I can truly love.
Add some cranberry to the Brioche Stuffing as well. The fluffy shreds of bread make an airy accompaniment. I’ve never liked stuffing, but this one works, even for me.
The Mashed Potatoes are buttery, fluffy, well-whipped with cream. The best part is you get two containers.
The Candied Sweet Potato is surprisingly, pleasantly minimalist, simply roasted with cranberry and pecans. You taste just the natural sweetness from the yams, and there's little-to-no sugar added.
Eat your vegetables too. The Roasted Root Vegetables: turnips, shallots, beets, rainbow carrots, and honey nut squash give you quite the selection and a variety of texture, too.
You only get half a turkey but you do get a whole pie. We got Pumpkin Pie for tradition, but they have a lot of mouth-watering choices including pecan. The pumpkin pie filling is one of the better ones I've had, a super-smooth, creamy texture, a lot less pulpy than most I've had.
The best dinner is a dinner I don't have to make. Holiday outsourcing will become my new passion if all efforts turn out like Thanksgiving at Terranea, and I am more than happy to never baste a turkey again. At least this Thanksgiving, Terranea has all my thanks.
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