Recipe Round-Up: Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time to gather, give thanks, and feast! If you’re planning your menu and craving something that highlights the best of Nova Scotia cuisine, you’re in the right place. From savoury appetizers to show-stopping mains, cozy sides, decadent desserts, and local libations, this recipe round-up brings together a curated collection of dishes and drinks that celebrate both tradition and creativity. Let’s get your table ready to shine!

Appetizers

This Nova Scotia Grazing Board is the perfect way to start off any gathering! Enjoy bold cheeses, fresh veggies, and local preserves, jellies, and chutneys. Or, try this Smoked Salmon Dip for a creamy, savoury starter.

Mains

If you’re in the mood for a tender, juicy and delicious meal, then this Bulwark Original Cider Braised Pork Loin is the recipe for you. This recipe uses Bulwark cider and apple cider vinegar to marinate the roast until perfection. Apples, local honey and cranberries are used to create the tasty chutney.

Sides

This Classic Savoury Stuffing is delicious, herby, and salty. Round out your Thanksgiving sides with these Maple Miso Mustard Carrots, a Scalloped Potato Bake, and some Homestyle Cranberry Sauce.

Desserts

How can you go wrong with Pumpkin Pie? The perfect ending to your Thanksgiving feast. Or, try this Nova Scotia Apple Pie – a true Nova Scotia staple! If you’re not in the mood for pie, change it up with this Bulwark Spiced Apple Cider Cake.

Beverages

Wines: Red, white, rose, or sparkling? So many choices! Luckily you have lots of options from these great local wineries:

• • Avondale Sky
  • Beausoleil Farmstead Winery & Cidery
  • Benjamin Bridge
  • Blomidon Estate Winery
  • Domaine de Grand Pre
  • Gaspereau Vineyards
  • Jost Vineyards
  • L’Acadie Vineyards
  • Lightfoot & Wolfville Vineyards
  • Lost Bell Estate Winery
  • Luckett Vineyards
  • Mercator Vineyards
  • Planters Ridge Winery

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
  • 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
  • Tangled Garden’s Spiced Amber Liqueur.