Kristi’s ‘Uncle Steve’ and ‘Bocca’ share family Thanksgiving recipes (2024)

by: Darren Sweeney

Posted: Nov 24, 2015 / 09:20 AM EST

Updated: Nov 24, 2015 / 09:20 AM EST

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Viewers of Fox 8 News in the Morning know that anchor Kristi Capel loves to eat. So you can imagine how happy she is that her Uncle Steve and her grandmother (AKA “Bocca”) are in town for Thanksgiving. Kristi’s family shared three delicious family recipes for the holiday.

*Click here to see when Kristi’s family visited Fox 8 back in 2013

Mamma’s Southern Dumplings

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour per 1/4 water
• pinch salt and pepper
• Oregano or basil (for color)

Instructions:

1. Roll mixture on floured countertop, cut into strips, and drop into boiling turkey stock.
2. Simmer for 15 – 20 minutes stirring occasionally so dumplings don’t stick.

Turkey Stock

Instructions:

1. Remove meat and place turkey carcass in six quarts of water.
2. Reduce by 2/3 on very low heat for approximately 8 hours. Add diced turkey giblets and turkey meat

Sweet Potato Casserole w/ Toasty Gorilla Grains Granola Topping

Ingredients:

• 3 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 eggs lightly beaten
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp almond extract
• 1/4 milk
• 1/2 cup salted butter, melted
• dash of salt (or salt to taste)
• 6 T. brown sugar packed
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1 and 1/2 sticks salted butter, melted
• 2/3 cup Gorilla Grains granola
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 350° F.
2. Butter a 2 qt. casserole or 9×13″ baking dish.
3. In a large mixing bowl, combine mashed sweet potatoes, brown sugareggs, vanilla and almond extracts, milk, and melted butter.
4. Spoon the mixture into the prepared baking dish.
5. In a separate bowl, combine the topping ingredients and spoon over thetop of the sweet potato mixture.
6. Bake 40 minutes, until hot and the topping is browned.

Uncle Steve’s Grand Marnier Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients:

• 2 pkg. whole cranberries (rinsed and drained)
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• Zest of 1 orange
• Juice and pulp of 1 orange
• Pinch of salt
• 1/4 cup Grand Marnier liqueur

Instructions:

1. Combine water, sugars, zest, orange juice and salt.
2. Add the cranberries.
3. Simmer gently and stir occasionally for approx. 9 minutes. (If you desire a chunkier sauce, pull out some of the whole cranberries midway and return to the mix at the end.)
4. Remove from heat and add Grand Marnier.
5. Serve warm or chilled.