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. 

 

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