Thanksgiving Spanish-style

On Sunday night Katie and I hosted Thanksgiving at her apartment and it went great!!! We invited friends, co-workers and roommates. We started cooking around 4:00 pm and ate dinner around 8:30. It was a lot of preparation and a lot of cooking but it was so worth it. Everything turned out amazing. The food was the best I have had in a long time. Here are some photos of the night.

Thanksgiving started on Saturday with a trip to Alcampo, which is like the Super Wal-Mart of Spain. This is Olga and me on the bus on the way back.

This was our Thanksgiving bounty. The turkey is in the black and red bag under about 8 bottles of wine.

This is Katie and me preparing the turkey. It weighed 4.4 kilos which is about 9 or 10 pounds.

More turkey preparation. We put a dry rub on the outside and put carrots, onions, garlic, and mushrooms on the inside. We then poured white wine over the turkey and used the wine to baste the turkey while it was cooking.

Before the turkey went into the oven.

Another view of the raw turkey.

It BARELY fit in the oven.

The finished turkey...it was soooo good.

Stealing the first taste.

The rest of the menu consisted of goat cheese mashed potatoes, stuffing, mixed salad, corn, green beans wrapped in bacon, bread, red wine gravy, melted brie with apples and pecans and lots of wine.

Our wonderful guests who all enjoyed this great American holiday with us.