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Title: christmas dinner menu
Post by: eragon on December 01, 2014, 04:39:33 AM
cooking for large group of friends my christmas dinner will be:
First course:
selection choice of prawn cocktail with brown bread and butter smoked salmon with brown bread and butter (gluten free bread and dairy free spread supplied ) melon and ham, and plain melon (not near ham!) pate and crackers
sparkling wine
Christmas dinner
turkey, gammon roast potato, parsnips sausages with bacon peas, carrots, brussel sprouts chestnut stuffing (gluten free) (kept away from son as not sure about chestnuts anymore) sage and onion stuffing (veggie) bread sauce cranberry sauce gravy and veggie marmite gravy (kept away from son re allergy)
christmas pudding aflame with brandy and cautious steady hand as brought to table. (gluten free one supplied)
christmas fluff/trifle ( whipped cream with vanilla, sugar and splash of tia maria= gluten free )
cupcakes (gluten, nut and dairy free)
served with brandy butter, custard, cream
dessert wine
cheese and biscuits (gluten free crackers supplied)
coffee and mints, tia maria , baileys, brandy, cigars (for those with no asthma, and with a polite request for smokers to stand in garden near our log /music cabin.)
table decorated in red and white. each person will have christmas cracker to pull, and note on candy cane with the words 'please take a santa peg from jar in middle of table' Each santa peg has a moustashe of differing styles to choose and stick on. Guest encouraged to take selfies, snap chat and compare styles. rude jokes and quiz questions also on place cards at each setting. Above planned to entertain guests if my roast potato's show little sign of correct crispiness and need more time.
catering for one veggie person, one ige wheat allergic, and for my family, no milk, nut , raw egg, histamine etc etc.
music and dancing with or without brooms in kitchen in early hours of morning will be enjoyed once full belly reduced and wine/beer continues to flow. music selection loud, very loud or ear bleeding type loudness.
Title: Re: christmas dinner menu
Post by: Macabre on December 01, 2014, 05:22:42 AM
Lovely! Explain a Santa peg please. :)
Wouldn't prawns be high in histamines?
Title: Re: christmas dinner menu
Post by: hedgehog on December 01, 2014, 05:38:33 AM
Your dinner sounds fabulous! But it also sounds like a lot of work. Wow.
I am hosting three Christmases at my house. Never done that before. The first is on the 21st, with DH's family. Due to travel schedules, we cannot see them on Christmas Day this year. The second is Christmas Eve with my father. The third is Christmas brunch with my mother. Brother's family will be here fir both Christmas Eve and Christmas brunch. I have not begun planning the two dinners. But I have planned brunch. My mom is vegan, so I thought of several options she can have, but have still kept a few dishes she cannot.
Xmas brunch
Oatmeal Vegan muffins Frittata Bacon Fresh fruit Poached pears Almonds Hash browns Cheese and crackers Some kind of pastry?
Most of the food only takes a few minutes, or can be done in advance. Of course, advance means Christmas Eve, when I am hosting a dinner. At least I won't have little kids waking me up before the crack of dawn to open presents. So I can stay up a little later with prep and cleanup.
Title: Re: christmas dinner menu
Post by: GoingNuts on December 01, 2014, 05:49:25 AM
How am I going to get back and forth from Hedgie's to eragon's? What to do, what to do. ;D
They both sound wonderful. :)
Title: Re: christmas dinner menu
Post by: eragon on December 01, 2014, 09:27:22 AM
santa peg is just a clip (used to hold christmas cards on string) which looks like santa!
son will avoid prawns, will have melon,or safe crackers with butter!
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Post by: becca on December 02, 2014, 08:10:20 PM
My back aches just reading that, eragon! Sounds wonderful! You as well, hedgie. Yum!
Title: Re: christmas dinner menu
Post by: hedgehog on December 02, 2014, 09:03:51 PM
Ok, I have planned, without too much detail, the two dinners.
For DH's family, a big pot of sauce with sausage, meatballs, braciole, chicken thighs, maybe short ribs. Pasta of course to go with that. Garlic bread. Maybe a salad.
For Christmas Eve, a roast, probably tenderloin, potatoes, veggies.
Title: Re: christmas dinner menu
Post by: PurpleCat on December 03, 2014, 07:39:01 AM
hummmmmm....... :hiding: those menus are wonderful!
I'm a Christmas Menu underachiever!
But I bake lots and lots of kinds of cookies and holiday breads!
Title: Re: christmas dinner menu
Post by: YouKnowWho on December 04, 2014, 11:50:00 AM
Lasagna casserole and have talked MIL out of green jello salad.
I go easy because it is so crazy here as I host my parents, MIL and SIL.
Title: Re: christmas dinner menu
Post by: MaryM on December 09, 2014, 02:20:08 PM
I guess I have to start thinking about this. Christmas Eve is easy. MIL makes meatballs, I make safe ones for the kids & we have cold cuts. That's their tradition.
I think I'll will make a standing rib roast for Christmas dinner. DH will want Yorkshire pudding but I'm not sure I want to deal with eggs in the house on a holiday. It's hectic and easy to make a mistake.
Title: Re: christmas dinner menu
Post by: eragon on December 09, 2014, 02:56:17 PM
MaryM I buy our yorkshire pudding. its cheating but stops the cross contamination of raw egg. I agree its hard to concentrate when house is busy at this time of year.
I have made my cranberry sauce and frozen ready for the dinner. Its a orange and port cranberry sauce, and tastes rather good. However have failed with the mince pies. Am considering using them as door stops or house bricks. Will make another attempt at weekend!
Title: Re: christmas dinner menu
Post by: MaryM on December 10, 2014, 06:45:45 AM
eragon, I've never seen it for sale here. I think we will just skip it. DH will understand.
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Post by: hedgehog on December 10, 2014, 09:27:55 AM
I googled eggless Yorkshire pudding, and lots of recipes came up. This is the first one I clicked on
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Post by: MaryM on December 13, 2014, 07:25:55 AM
Thank you hedgie!!
Title: Re: christmas dinner menu
Post by: hedgehog on December 13, 2014, 07:49:50 AM
I juist found out that for DH's family, we are having 16! That is more than usual. One niece, her significant other, and their child have been coming to things for the last year or so, after not being at a family event, including her brother's wedding, for quite a few years. And they are coming.
So the menu works perfectly. Not much difference between making that meal for 4 or 20. But I need to come up with appetizers still. Definitely pigs in blankets, or DS will be very disappointed. DH will be disappointed. I know he will want shrimp cocktail, but nephew's wife is allergic to shellfish. I will try to pick up a nice local cheese, if I can get there during their limited hours. Not sure what else. Maybe a spinache artichoke dip, and/or wings.
Title: Re: christmas dinner menu
Post by: MaryM on December 13, 2014, 08:35:51 AM
Pigs in a blanket are a must at our house on Christmas...
I got a brie baking dish last Christmas that I have yet to use. I may make some for Christmas Eve - we have friends and family come over in the afternoon. I found some good recipes on Pinterest.
I went over my dinner menu with my mom and she thinks it sounds good. She agreed no eggy Yorkshire but I may just try the vegan recipe that hedgie posted. The kids would enjoy it, I would enjoy it. I am not sure about anyone else and it wouldn't be vegan bc I would use the roast drippings in the bottom of the muffin tins :hiding: I may try a test batch w/o drippings prior to Christmas to see how it turns out!
Title: Re: christmas dinner menu
Post by: Macabre on December 13, 2014, 01:07:42 PM
Usually lasagne for Christmas Eve (typically have a few services to go to that are spread out) and for Christmas Day--sometimes just our breakfast (we have under the tree while opening stockings--use crystal, silver, etc.) and cheese and crackers--and eat Christmas Dinner a few days later. We like to do tamales for Christmas. It's a tradition where I come from.
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Post by: PurpleCat on December 13, 2014, 02:36:32 PM
Roasted but still crisp asparagus spears (or grilled) wrapped in prosciutto?
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Post by: becca on December 16, 2014, 03:55:09 PM
We always make pigs in a blanket for Christmas Eve, lol. It has been just us, so we do appetizer fun food for Christmas Eve. Sometimes I do Chinese Dumplings for Christmas Eve, making a ton, so then I bring some to a party a couple of days later. Shrimp cocktail for dh and I, perhaps, and crudite.
I make a dinner on Christmas Day. Usually beef, like tenderloin, or sometimes a boneless leg of lamb. But the kids really like leaner meat, so I will try to get tenderloin, maybe just steaks. I have grown tired of making a wonderful dinner that they don't like. So, will get the meat they do love. That way they get a healthy meal in between all the cookies we make and sweets they get in their stockings.
I think I will make a lasagna or stuffed pasts shells to bring to my brother's house. And I bring an assortment of the cookies and treats I make. Maybe a cheesecake too. Depending on time, I may make or bring an appetizer too. He usually roasts a turkey breast, and we usually have salad. Simple. Just the two families for that.
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Post by: momtoAidenDeclan on December 24, 2014, 02:53:59 PM
Imporatnt things first....here's our drink:
Sparkling cranberry cider
Ingredients:
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon orange zest 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1 (12-ounce) can frozen cranberry juice cocktail 1 (3-inch) cinnamon stick 2 (750-milliliter) bottles sparkling apple cider, chilled 1. Place first 5 ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring until cranberry juice cocktail melts. Remove from heat and let cool for 30 minutes.
2. Pour cranberry juice mixture into a pitcher. Add cider, and stir gently. Serve immediately over ice.
we're using Prosecco, instead of cider
appetizer is steamed shrimp and a dip or two that my SIL is making
Dinner is prime rib, brussel sprouts and roasted veggies (potatoes, parsnips and carrots)
Dessert is a surprise (again my SIL)
Title: Re: christmas dinner menu
Post by: eragon on December 24, 2014, 05:31:43 PM