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Thanksgiving Tablescapes with Soirée Floral – Part 4

The countdown is “on” in our house – is it in yours? Seven more days until the big feast and we can’t
decide which of our four Thanksgiving tablescapes we like more! This final look incorporates a new linen,
all of our colors and the brown, earth-toned votives from Look One mixed in with all of the brassy golds, purples and oranges. This look has a more relaxed feel to it – the linen really tones down the “fancy” factor that
Looks Two and Three had with that luxe linen.
Another huge Thank You to Placesetters, Inc. for allowing us to use their inventory to mix and match all of these table designs for you! Enjoy and have fun with your tablescapes!
Want to shop this look? Head on over to Polyvore and see how we mixed
and matched items from all four looks!
If you’re heading to a family or friend’s house for Thanksgiving and want to bring them a little something, keep an eye out for Tuesday’s blog. We’ll be sharing ideas for getting your host/hostess something more original than a bottle of wine (but bring that, too! No one ever hates the guest who brings more libations.)

Fall-Inspired Recipe by Soirée Floral – A Salted Caramel Pear Crisp

Salted Caramel is a fan-favorite in the Soirée studio – but Salted Caramel Pear Crisp?
Sounds like heaven to us! We pinned this recipe by My Blessed Life and decided to
make it our own (we’re all about that these days!)  Just a forewarning – you’re going to be
making up excuses to make this salted caramel sauce! It’s SO good!
Here’s our version:

Prepare a 13″x9″ baking dish – grease it with your choice of “grease”, we used butter. Slice up 10 or 11 pears and arrange them in your greased dish. Toss pears with the juice of 2 lemons then sprinkle about 2 tablespoons of flour and toss them again. In a bowl, mix together 1/2 cup of old fashioned oat, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup of flour, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger and 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg. Cut butter into bits and mix together (we used our hands)
until crumbly. Add 1/2 sliced almonds and sprinkle on top of pears. Bake in oven at 350ºF for about 50-60 minutes.

When your crisp has about 5 minutes left in the oven, prepare the caramel sauce.
Heat 4 tablespoons of butter, 3 tablespoons of raw sugar, 3 tablespoons of brown sugar,
1/8 teaspoon of sea salt, 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 2 tablespoons of milk. Stir constantly
and bring to a boil. Stir boiling sauce for 1 minute. Add 2 tablespoons of sifted confectioner’s
sugar to sauce to thicken. Drizzle over crisp and enjoy over vanilla bean ice cream!
We’ve created a little recipe card for you to use, too! Pin, Print, Save It! Enjoy!

Thanksgiving Tablescapes with Soirée Floral – Part 3

We’re getting closer and closer to “the big day” (aka: Thanksgiving!) and we thought, let’s mix it up!
So we took Look One and Look Two and mixed them together! Here we’re using the linen from Look Two, so it’s still a more formal look, but the added warmth of the orange blends surprisingly well with the deep plums and hints of magenta and lavender. We loved incorporating a little bit of playfulness into this design by adding a bird and a bit of bittersweet to our place setting.
In this week’s “Make It Your Own” we included several of the same items from Look One and Look Two but added in a few new Mix and Match items that would work, too!  Tabletop rentals, place settings, and linens by Placesetters.
We’ll be sharing Look Four on Thursday, so keep your eyes peeled!
And if you’re still wondering how to mix up your recipes this year,
don’t forget to check out our flatbread recipe from last week and follow our
Thanksgiving board on Pinterest!

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Office: 28 Centre Street
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Mail: Post Office Box 3350
Nantucket MA 02584
Phone: 508.228.6684
Email: hello@soireefloral.com