Where: The home of Ulli and Randall.
When: November 22, 2007, morning.
What: apple/cranberry baked French toast, bacon, crudités.
Thanksgiving this year was spent out on the North Fork of Long Island at the house of my friend Derek’s parents. Derek’s mom, Ulli is a food stylist by profession and a storied cook by leisure, so needless to say I was looking forward to a few days of good eatin’. I learned quickly that she lives up to her nickname, “the Food Goddess.”
We drove out Wednesday night, stopping at the better-than-usual Taco Bell in Riverhead on the way. Everything at Taco Bells comes from a bag or can, so you’d think that they’d all make identically tasting food, but they don’t. But this is another topic. Someday I will revisit the issue of relativity of Taco Bell, I swear. Arriving at their cozy little white house, we were greeted by the fiery-haired Ulli, who was working in the kitchen, as she was to be doing, joyfully, for most of the day to come.
We woke up Thanksgiving morning to the wonderful smell of apples and cinnamon and were soon served this cross between bread pudding and French toast, studded with apples and cranberries. Gooey, custardy, but not too sweet, this was a meal in itself, though she served it along with a platter of thick-cut bacon and simple crudités. Ulli said she assembled it the night before and so was able to just pop it in the oven when she got up in the morning. This is a great recipe for when you are busy with guests, and if you are lucky, she’ll post the recipe on her website.
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