Christmas menu
Sat lunch
Spicy stuffed pitta
Nigel slater recipe
Sat tea
Slow roast leg of lamb with cannellini beans
Nigel slater recipe
Meringue, raspberries & cream
Sun lunch
Homemade soup & bread
Sun tea / eve
Honey marinated tofu kebabs
Baked figs with ice cream
Mon lunch
Spaghetti with tomato sauce
Mon - christmas eve
Eat out
Chestnuts, Mince pies, cheese & biscuits
Tue - Christmas day
Breakfast
Grapefruit / fruit salad
Croissants, freshly squeezed orange juice
Lunch
Avocado & prawn cocktail
Turkey, Maris piper roast potatoes, stuffing, cocktail sausages in bacon, brussel sprouts, parsnips, carrots, chestnut stuffing, sage & onion stuffing
Waitrose classic chestnut stuffing
Tea
mini pizzas: ham & pineapple; mushroom; chorizo; basil, cherry tomato & olives; red onion, spinach & ricotta; grapes, rosemary, ricotta & pine nuts
Eve
Chestnuts
Christmas pudding
Cheese & biscuits
Weds - Boxing day
Brunch
Bacon rolls
Tea / eve
Turkey, leek and ham pie with mash
BBC recipe
or
Turkey pot pie with mash
BBC recipe
Panettone bread & butter pudding (or panettone with custard)
Between meals:
Mince pies
After Eights / chocolates
Cheese & biscuits & fruit
Chestnuts
Fruit
Bus biscuits
Alternative ideas:
Christmas day breakfast: Scrambled eggs & smoked salmon (& shop bought blinis?)
Sun tea: Curry? Nigel's rich prawn curry
Christmas day tea:
Tart - onion? Feta & cherry tomato?
Tomato & pesto tart? BBC good food recipe
Red onion & goats cheese? Delia recipe
Finger food ideas for Christmas day tea:
sausage rolls BBC recipe , mini smoked salmon & dill cakes BBC recipe , pate, scotch eggs, mini toad in the hole, cold salmon & dill, smoked salmon & dill or gravadlax (not child friendly), cheese & pineapple without sticks, chorizo mini pizzas, parsnip chips with mustard dip*, dips & crudites, mini smoked salmon & dill cakes BBC recipe or cold salmon & dill, Scotch eggs, cheese & pineapple without sticks, chorizo mini pizzas, dips & crudites, asparagus in parma ham, blinis with smoked salmon & scrambled eggs or creme fraiche
*Parsnip chips with maple-mustard dip: Peel a parsnip per person, then cut into chunky chips and roast with sunflower oil and seasoning at 220C/200C fan/gas 7 for 20-30 mins until crispy and golden. Mix a 200ml tub crème fraîche with 2 tbsp grainy mustard, 2 tbsp maple syrup and some seasoning and serve the hot parsnip chips alongside for dipping.
Spicy stuffed pitta
Nigel slater recipe
Sat tea
Slow roast leg of lamb with cannellini beans
Nigel slater recipe
Meringue, raspberries & cream
Sun lunch
Homemade soup & bread
Sun tea / eve
Honey marinated tofu kebabs
Baked figs with ice cream
Mon lunch
Spaghetti with tomato sauce
Mon - christmas eve
Eat out
Chestnuts, Mince pies, cheese & biscuits
Tue - Christmas day
Breakfast
Grapefruit / fruit salad
Croissants, freshly squeezed orange juice
Lunch
Avocado & prawn cocktail
Turkey, Maris piper roast potatoes, stuffing, cocktail sausages in bacon, brussel sprouts, parsnips, carrots, chestnut stuffing, sage & onion stuffing
Waitrose classic chestnut stuffing
Tea
mini pizzas: ham & pineapple; mushroom; chorizo; basil, cherry tomato & olives; red onion, spinach & ricotta; grapes, rosemary, ricotta & pine nuts
Eve
Chestnuts
Christmas pudding
Cheese & biscuits
Weds - Boxing day
Brunch
Bacon rolls
Tea / eve
Turkey, leek and ham pie with mash
BBC recipe
or
Turkey pot pie with mash
BBC recipe
Panettone bread & butter pudding (or panettone with custard)
Between meals:
Mince pies
After Eights / chocolates
Cheese & biscuits & fruit
Chestnuts
Fruit
Bus biscuits
Alternative ideas:
Christmas day breakfast: Scrambled eggs & smoked salmon (& shop bought blinis?)
Sun tea: Curry? Nigel's rich prawn curry
Christmas day tea:
Tart - onion? Feta & cherry tomato?
Tomato & pesto tart? BBC good food recipe
Red onion & goats cheese? Delia recipe
Finger food ideas for Christmas day tea:
sausage rolls BBC recipe , mini smoked salmon & dill cakes BBC recipe , pate, scotch eggs, mini toad in the hole, cold salmon & dill, smoked salmon & dill or gravadlax (not child friendly), cheese & pineapple without sticks, chorizo mini pizzas, parsnip chips with mustard dip*, dips & crudites, mini smoked salmon & dill cakes BBC recipe or cold salmon & dill, Scotch eggs, cheese & pineapple without sticks, chorizo mini pizzas, dips & crudites, asparagus in parma ham, blinis with smoked salmon & scrambled eggs or creme fraiche
*Parsnip chips with maple-mustard dip: Peel a parsnip per person, then cut into chunky chips and roast with sunflower oil and seasoning at 220C/200C fan/gas 7 for 20-30 mins until crispy and golden. Mix a 200ml tub crème fraîche with 2 tbsp grainy mustard, 2 tbsp maple syrup and some seasoning and serve the hot parsnip chips alongside for dipping.
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