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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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Delphiniumandlupins · 14/12/2024 17:27

Looks great. We like bread sauce and cranberry sauce and leave out parsnips and cabbage, as we have them on Boxing Day.

godmum56 · 14/12/2024 17:26

can I come please?

Crunchymum · 14/12/2024 17:25

You don't say how many people this is for?

It's definitely plenty if it's just the 4 of you. May need a little more if it's 24 of you!!

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 14/12/2024 17:23

RedFiveStandingBy · 14/12/2024 17:20

I’m in the YWBO camp and I’d dare to suggest the same for cauliflower cheese!

Your menu sounds wonderful and is just missing bread sauce and chestnuts. I’d have a citrus panna cotta too and fruit skewers in the starter, no chicken needed.

Mmmmm cauliflower cheese.

tillytoodles1 · 14/12/2024 17:22

Pippa12 · 14/12/2024 17:09

Northerners here- mash, yorkies and pig in blankets an absolute must! There’d be nothing short of a riot for sure!

Sounds lovely tho- lucky guests! Hope it goes well for you!

You've just named three things I never have on any roast.

Londoneye20 · 14/12/2024 17:21

Sounds delicious, why is the cavier fake?

RedFiveStandingBy · 14/12/2024 17:20

I’m in the YWBO camp and I’d dare to suggest the same for cauliflower cheese!

Your menu sounds wonderful and is just missing bread sauce and chestnuts. I’d have a citrus panna cotta too and fruit skewers in the starter, no chicken needed.

diddl · 14/12/2024 17:20

I don't think that yorkshire pudding has to be with beef only but it looks good enough without to me.

BitOutOfPractice · 14/12/2024 17:19

Yes, definitively yes to cheese with a roast dinner.

My advice, don't make runny cheese sauce. I want a solid slab of cauliflower cheese with extra cheese and a sprinkle of cayenne papper on top.

SaagAloopa · 14/12/2024 17:15

whiskeytangofox · 14/12/2024 17:15

Yes, always cauli cheese with a Roast in this house as 2 of our lot are vegetarian.

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Doesn't the gravy make it go soggy?

whiskeytangofox · 14/12/2024 17:15

SaagAloopa · 14/12/2024 17:12

Cheese with a roast dinner ???

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Yes, always cauli cheese with a Roast in this house as 2 of our lot are vegetarian.

LaPalmaLlama · 14/12/2024 17:14

Cauliflower cheese gets served with roasts in loads of decent pubs so I'm allowing it. Gavel.

Still not allowing mash though :-)

SaagAloopa · 14/12/2024 17:12

BitOutOfPractice · 14/12/2024 17:10

That's an outrageous slur on the kind of the vegetables. Cauli cheese goes with EVERYTHING!

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Cheese with a roast dinner ???

Giveitashove · 14/12/2024 17:12

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'm from Liverpool but yorkies are a must

SaagAloopa · 14/12/2024 17:11

How many people are you serving? That sounds like loads to me but I'm only serving 5

BitOutOfPractice · 14/12/2024 17:10

peppeRomia · 14/12/2024 16:52

It sounds lovely as it is.

Cauliflower cheese doesn't belong with gravy so I wouldn't go along with that suggestion.

That's an outrageous slur on the kind of the vegetables. Cauli cheese goes with EVERYTHING!

LaPalmaLlama · 14/12/2024 17:10

Thing is, OP, you know your audience and we don't so I wouldn't worry too much about what other people think is needed - e.g. some people will say mash is mandatory whereas we are a family of mash haterz so no mash here! We would have Yorkshires though. Personally I keep the sides to a lowish number as unless you have a lot of ovens or a heated buffet thing, the more things you do, the harder it is to get the timing right and keep it all hot and I really hate luke warm food more than I hate anything specific being omitted.

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??

Pippa12 · 14/12/2024 17:09

Northerners here- mash, yorkies and pig in blankets an absolute must! There’d be nothing short of a riot for sure!

Sounds lovely tho- lucky guests! Hope it goes well for you!

NeedToChangeName · 14/12/2024 17:09

I wouldn't have chicken for canape and main course

And of course you need Yorhshure puddings

Otherwise sounds great

ForPearlViper · 14/12/2024 17:08

peppeRomia · 14/12/2024 16:52

It sounds lovely as it is.

Cauliflower cheese doesn't belong with gravy so I wouldn't go along with that suggestion.

Finally, someone else who thinks this. Cheese sauce and gravy do not belong on the same plate. I'm all for live and let live but this is a step too far.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 14/12/2024 17:06

Bread sauce Yorkshire’s and mash are missing.

To me it seems too much and a bit complex.

2025willbemytime · 14/12/2024 17:05

Yorkshires with any meat is fine in my house as my dc love them. The offensive thing is people insisting on calling them Yorkies. It's not cute or clever.

BunnyLake · 14/12/2024 17:04

ShadesmarBead · 14/12/2024 16:47

I wouldn’t want a Yorkshire pud with chicken. I’m in the Yorkies with beef only camp.

Why not? What about Yorkshire pudding and sausages, would you not ever have toad in the hole?

I grew up thinking they only went with beef (or sausages) but changed my mind when I realised they go with just about anything that has gravy on the plate.

Andoutcomethewolves · 14/12/2024 17:04

Starters sound delicious. For the main I'd have to add Yorkshire puddings (I'm not a 'Yorkies only with beef' purist and have them with any meat!) and cauliflower cheese for my personal perfect roast. Otherwise it sounds lovely!

Will there be fresh fruit with (or on) the pannacotta? I'd have strawberries, raspberries and blueberries and that would be the ideal pudding for me (don't like dried fruit so wouldn't eat Christmas pud, and while I love all things chocolate I'm not sure I could handle a really rich pudding like yule log after a full roast! I'd probably have some later when everyone else has mince pies though 🤣).

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