Christmas Was an Event
A 1" spiced roast-turkey and cranberry pressed cube with sage butter — a holiday run like a production
"Christmas was an event," she recalls. One of four children in a Minnesota house where her mother, the daughter of a military man, enforced discipline with drill-like precision.
Why this bite? Her childhood holidays were run as productions. The whole holiday table, pressed and cut to spec.
The Story
Read the full story →Long before she ran the world's largest event production company, she grew up inside one: holidays weren't casual affairs in that Minnesota house, they were productions with a run of show and an accountability line. This bite is the holiday table compressed into a single perfect square — turkey, cranberry, sage, pressed and cut to spec, because the point of the story is not the menu but the precision.
Ingredients
- Roast turkey thigh, shredded
- Cranberry-orange compote
- Sage brown butter
- Brioche crumb
- Cracked pepper
Preparation
- 1.Bind shredded turkey with sage brown butter and a little compote.
- 2.Press into a lined tray 1" deep; chill until firm.
- 3.Cut into exact 1" cubes.
- 4.Top each with a bead of cranberry compote and toasted brioche crumb.
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