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Is My Christmas Menu Ok?

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Hour · 14/12/2024 16:12

Just wanting some inspo really. Any constructive criticism would be appreciated.

I will be doing:

appetisers (husband does these)
brie and cranberry bites
smoked salmon and fake caviar blinis
pear and melon or a chicken caeser salad skewer

main
Chicken ballotine (basically a roulade with stuffing)
brussel sprouts with bacon bits
honey roasted rainbow carrots
roast potaoes
roast parsnips
cabbage
pigs in blanket
gravy

pudding
homemade Yule log
Christmas pudding (bought)
Panne cotta (teen son will make)

posh coffee and homemade minced pies in the evening

I would do a cheeseboard but I’d rather serve it on Boxing Day with leftovers as in my experience my lot don’t eat it.

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Radamanth · 15/12/2024 10:57

FourSeasonsTotalLandscaping · 15/12/2024 09:59

This kind of comment is why I don’t know why anyone would want to submit their menu to the scrutiny of total strangers.

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Indeed. Even though I'm aghast at the Yorkshire pudding and peas people, comments like this are just dickish. Why just comment to be an arse?

GretchenWienersHair · 15/12/2024 10:57

Sounds great. Can I come?

99point6 · 15/12/2024 10:55

I would have thought that Yorkshire puddings would cook equally well in the fat from pork or lamb as beef.

Cauliflower cheese and roast dinner shouldn't work but can do occasionally.

Menu works for your family, what's not to love.

Radamanth · 15/12/2024 10:16

diddl · 15/12/2024 08:50

Yorkshire pudding goes with roast beef only.

Is that because beef was the only meat that was needed to be made to go further?

No! It's because beef, Yorkshire pudding, horseradish and a beef gravy (not too thick), taste delicious together in a way that other meats don't. Something about the irony nature of a rare piece of beef and the slightly bland nature of the pudding with that kick of horseradish is just perfect.

I love Yorkshire Puddings, but why sully their joy by overuse?

DilemmaDelilah · 15/12/2024 10:16

I wouldn't serve two 'cabbagey' things together (Brussels sprouts AND cabbage) but I am aware that lots of people do.

Otherwise it looks like a good menu. Not entirely to my taste but things rarely are! Have you had the ballotines before? I never buy things which are already stuffed as I rarely like the stuffing that is in them. I make my own stuffing so I know I like it. We don't have appetizers because we like to save all our room for the main course.

User79853257976 · 15/12/2024 10:10

JustMyView13 · 14/12/2024 16:41

You can’t skip a Yorkshire pud surely!?

They go with beef!

FourSeasonsTotalLandscaping · 15/12/2024 09:59

Everlygreen · 14/12/2024 21:30

Sounds a bit boring and bland to me. The main is basically a stuffed chicken with vegetables even though it's written to sound like a lot and fancy. So just one main meal?
As long your family likes it who cares about anyone else!

This kind of comment is why I don’t know why anyone would want to submit their menu to the scrutiny of total strangers.

Radamanth · 15/12/2024 09:59

Ityyyy · 15/12/2024 01:12

Doesn’t sound like much of a Christmas dinner to me but if you’re happy with it then that’s your preference!

I’ve hosted and attended many different Christmas dinners and I’ve never seen one lack so much veg! We have everything you’ve listed but different meat. I would also like mash, peas and broccoli. Stuffing and cauliflower cheese too. I’ve never had a Xmas dinner without them. Yorkies are 50/50 depending on who’s hosting. I wouldn’t put them on mine if I was hosting as I don’t think they belong there but my family is divided on this.

Is it just the three of you? We’d usually have more than one type of meat too as well as a nut roast (which not everyone likes but I’m a big fan of) but I understand this can be wasteful if only a small party.

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PEAS & BROCCOLI?

Madness.

PromoJoJo · 15/12/2024 09:32

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BigDahliaFan · 15/12/2024 09:30

Bread sauce...I buy it from M&S even though it's very easy to make.

diddl · 15/12/2024 08:50

Yorkshire pudding goes with roast beef only.

Is that because beef was the only meat that was needed to be made to go further?

BunnyLake · 15/12/2024 08:40

HoppityBun · 15/12/2024 07:20

Yorkshire pudding goes with roast beef only. It’s cooked in the hot roasting tin as the beef joint is resting. Anything else is a parody.

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No it doesn’t. What about toad in the hole?

HoppityBun · 15/12/2024 07:20

woffley · 14/12/2024 21:34

In 45 years of cooking Christmas dinner I have maintained resistance to Yorkshire puddings with turkey. I might cave in this year as DS says he will make them and he makes better ones than me.

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Yorkshire pudding goes with roast beef only. It’s cooked in the hot roasting tin as the beef joint is resting. Anything else is a parody.

SophiaRose91 · 15/12/2024 06:31

Doesnt sound very good to me. Perhaps you should knock up a practice meal and i can taste test 😉 lol. OP it sounds lovely! Im sure your family will love it x

Margot2020 · 15/12/2024 05:05

Is this like a brandy sauce type thing?

Margot2020 · 15/12/2024 05:03

woffley · 14/12/2024 16:15

Sounds lovely. Will you have cream /ice cream / white sauce for the puddings as well?

I’m intrigued, what is “white sauce” in the context of puddings?

SadSandwich · 15/12/2024 02:41

Yum 😋

Makarov12 · 15/12/2024 01:57

I don't see any lack of veg. Carrots, parsnips, cabbage, Brussel sprouts... Seems plenty. Maybe you could add peas or broccoli but I think 4 different veg is hardly a lack.

I don't get why you'd need mash potatoes if you have roast potatoes. But then I'd probably do a carrot and swede mash rather than potato.

Love cauli cheese with a Christmas dinner, but not Yorkshires, not sure why.

Allihavetodoisdream · 15/12/2024 01:41

Thisisnotmyid · 14/12/2024 17:09

I’m quite shocked too actually at people suggesting a Yorkshire pudding with Christmas dinner but I’m Scottish so maybe it’s a Yorkshire thing??

I feel the same! Seems odd to me to have Yorkshire puddings on Christmas Day. They are more of a regular Sunday thing, not a special meal thing. We are having duck in Cherry sauce with gratin though so maybe not being so British traditional.

Annabella92 · 15/12/2024 01:15

Goldpanther · 14/12/2024 16:28

Sounds delicious!

No Yorkshire puddings? Or is that a regional thing?

Yes I thought skip the Cabbage and have some Yorkies

Ityyyy · 15/12/2024 01:12

Doesn’t sound like much of a Christmas dinner to me but if you’re happy with it then that’s your preference!

I’ve hosted and attended many different Christmas dinners and I’ve never seen one lack so much veg! We have everything you’ve listed but different meat. I would also like mash, peas and broccoli. Stuffing and cauliflower cheese too. I’ve never had a Xmas dinner without them. Yorkies are 50/50 depending on who’s hosting. I wouldn’t put them on mine if I was hosting as I don’t think they belong there but my family is divided on this.

Is it just the three of you? We’d usually have more than one type of meat too as well as a nut roast (which not everyone likes but I’m a big fan of) but I understand this can be wasteful if only a small party.

ADisreputableJade · 15/12/2024 00:53

Also Scottish and can add that I've never had a Yorkshire pudding in my life, or even seen one, or know of anyone who has them. I don't think they're a thing here at any time of year, although I have seen them listed on a menu occasionally.

I've also never heard of anyone having cabbage as part of Christmas dinner, or cauliflower cheese. But then I assume outwith Scotland you don't serve haggis and/or skirlie as an alternative to stuffing (that might be just me!).

Hoardasauruskaren · 15/12/2024 00:39

Fuzzyandwarm · 14/12/2024 17:38

Also Scottish and had never realised people had Yorkshire puddings on Christmas Dinner so you might be correct there...

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Same ! Only heard of it on MN! Don’t think it’s common up here!

ITSSSSCHRISTMASSS · 15/12/2024 00:36

I’m a fussy eater but would love all of this!

ProvincialLady24 · 15/12/2024 00:34

Also, tell
Me more about this "fake caviar" that you write of.

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