A multi part Thanksgiving inherently makes the actual day of Thanksgiving a little less than exciting. It was a slow day full of leftovers and cooking for the day. We had masa boats that became rafts and roasted tomato poblano soup which tastes amazing the next day.
Both the soup and the masa vessels required a roasted poblano raja which included roasted poblanos, onions, oregano, garlic, and a few other tasty ingredients.
Roasted Poblanos, sitting happily in a bowl.
After the rajas the dishes take very different directions. For the soup I roasted a bunch of tomatoes under the broiler. Roasting things under a broiler generally frightens me as I do not want to burn my brother's house down. And for some reason I think that tomatoes can spontaneously erupt into flames after a little heat is applied....
Luckily I did not ignite these tomatoes.
From there I put them through the blender and added them to the cooking raja on the stove and let that cook down and then added in some stock, salt and spices. Easy Peasy.
And below is a picture of my failed masa boat that eventually became a raft.
I have no clue how the masa rafts are as leftovers as my brother ate the last one because it was sad and lonely. The soup is significantly better the next day and even better if the final product is send through the blender a little and topped with queso. But what isn't better once topped with queso?
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