A Thanksgiving Taste of Local
Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Activate your appetite with this recipe roundup featuring locally sourced ingredients. Or, if you don’t feel like cooking, check out what restaurants around the province are offering for Thanksgiving meals!
Mains
Bulwark Original Cider Braised Pork Loin: Tender, juicy, and delicious, this pork loin is perfect for a Thanksgiving dinner. Using Bulwark Original Cider and apple cider vinegar to marinate the roast until perfection, local apples, honey and cranberries are used to create the tasty chutney.
Apple, Maple & Mustard Caramelized Ham: This recipe is sure to excite your taste buds! Combining apple, maple, and mustard, this ham is the perfect combination of sweet and savoury.
Roast Pork with Apple, Onion, and Parsnip Compote: If you want to get away from turkey and ham this Thanksgiving, why not try a new roast pork dish? Filled with tasty, fresh, and local ingredients, this dish might be a new Thanksgiving favourite – and it’ll keep you warm on a cold fall night!
Local Source Guide:
- Meats: Masstown Butcher and Meadowbrook Meat Market.
- Bulwark Original Cider: At Bulwark Cider‘s locations in New Ross or Halifax, as well as at the NSLC and private liquor stores.
- Maple Syrup: Acadian Maple or Sugar Moon Farm.
- Produce: Noggins Corner Farm Market, Masstown Market, Stirling Fruit Farms Ltd. or one of the many other local Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia.
Sides
Scalloped Potato Bake: This scalloped potato bake offers up a great combo of cheesy and creamy. Add in some leeks and you’ve got a great side dish for Thanksgiving that everyone is sure to love!
Mushroom Risotto: Deep and complex, this mushroom risotto is a perfect side dish for a turkey dinner. Pair it with Mercator Vineyards‘ Marquette Reserve for a match made in heaven!
Homestyle Cranberry Sauce: This homemade cranberry sauce recipe will erase your need for store bought! Keep it simple with cranberries, or add in some orange peel, cinnamon or local maple syrup to mix it up.
Local Source Guide:
- Produce: Noggins Corner Farm Market, Masstown Market, Stirling Fruit Farms Ltd. or one of the many other local Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia.
Desserts
Pumpkin Pie: This delicious pumpkin pie will have you in love at first bite – and pining for another! The rich, creamy pumpkin and warm spices of cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg make this a great pie for a Thanksgiving gathering.
Ginger Cake with Rum Sauce: Instead of the usual gingersnap cookies, try something out of the ordinary with this ginger cake, made with ground, fresh, and crystallized ginger. Top with a tasty rum sauce and enjoy!
Nova Scotia Blueberry Pie: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder – or should we say pie of the beholder? This gorgeous blueberry pie is bursting with fresh Nova Scotian blueberries, ground cinnamon, and orange juice to make it a pie like no other.
Local Source Guide:
- Produce: Noggins Corner Farm Market, Masstown Market, Stirling Fruit Farms Ltd. or one of the many other local Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia.
- More Desserts: Delectable Desserts, Lunenburg Rum Cakes, Rum Runners Cake Factory and Tatamagouche Ice Creamery.
Beverages
- Wines: Red, white, rose, or sparkling? So many choices! Luckily you have lots of options from these great local wineries: Avondale Sky, Benjamin Bridge, Blomidon Estate, Casa Nova Fine Beverages, Domaine de Grand Pre, Gaspereau Vineyards, Jost Vineyards, L’Acadie Vineyards, Lightfoot & Wolfville, Lost Bell Estate, Luckett Vineyards, Mercator Vineyards, Petite Riviere Vineyards, and Planters Ridge.
- Spirits: If you’d rather be mixing cocktails or sipping spirits with your dinner, try some of these local distilleries: Authentic Seacoast, Barrelling Tide, Caldera Distilling, Coldstream Clear, Compass Distillers, Glenora Inn & Distillery, Ironworks Distillery, Raging Crow Distillery, Steinhart Distillery, and Still Fired Distilleries.
- Liqueurs: Need a sip of something sweet to go with dessert? These liqueurs are sure to do the trick: Barrelling Tide’s Javalley Coffee Liqueur, Coldstream Clear’s Salted Caramel Liqueur, Ironworks Distillery’s Rhubarb Esprit, Raging Crow Distillery’s Honey Liqueur, Still Fired Distilleries’ Winter Wanderer Mocha Moonshine Cream Liqueur, and Tangled Garden’s Spiced Amber Liqueur.
Thanksgiving Meals & Specials
Feeling like you don’t have time to prepare a big dinner? Skip the stress of cooking and cleaning by opting for a memorable dining experience at your favorite restaurant! Certain Taste of Nova Scotia member restaurants are preparing special Thanksgiving menus for you and your loved ones to savour – check out their social media to learn more!
- Argyler Lodge and Restaurant: Thanksgiving Buffet (October 8)
- Digby Pines Golf Resort & Spa: Thanksgiving Dinner & Brunch (October 7-9)
- Rhubarb Restaurant: Hot Turkey Sandwiches (October 7-8 )
- The Long Table Social Club: Thanksgiving Dinner (October 7-8)
- White Point Beach Resort: Thanksgiving Buffet (October 8)
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