Family Christmas Eve food traditions

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I’m after ideas for some hearty Christmas Eve food and would love to hear any foodie traditions you may have to inspire me [

Thanks!

Smile Santa fail let’s try again....

Every year I cook this served with mustard mash, braised red cabbage and stemmed broccoli 😋

www.deliaonline.com/recipes/occasions/christmas/christmas-main-courses/roast-collar-of-bacon-with-blackened-crackling

Thanks @youreterriblemuriel99 it looks lush and I like the idea of having the cold cuts of ham for later on too

The Ham and poncy macaroni cheese.
Then port and more cheese.

Sound tasty do you have a recipe for the posh macaroni cheese?

Ham, mash and parsley sauce.

I think it’s a Nigella

Our Christmas Eve food traditions don't involve cooking 🙈 it's usually either a takeaway or a party style buffet

I've said before in these threads, for some reason we end up with French dip sandwiches and fries, no idea how it came about but tradition now!

We always do lasagne, garlic bread, mozzarella, tomato and avocado, green salad with walnuts and lots of champagne.

We tend to go to the pantomime on Christmas Eve so need something easy to re-heat.

Yes it’s a nigella

Ham, Cumberland sauce, jacket potatoes and cabbage. Mincemeat Tartlets and clotted cream for pud.

Been the same for years now

Pub lunch after a big walk to visit lost family in our special place. Once home, we bake cookies for Santa so the kids eat a few with milk before bed too! We always bake a Camembert once the kids are asleep and demolish with nice bread and a glass of champagne.

Sandwiches made with Christmas baked ham, white sliced pan, loads of butter and mustard (English or whole grain depending on preference) washed down with prosecco in fancy champagne flutes because we’re classy. Soooooo good 🍖🥂

Every year at my parents we do an M&S seafood platter - prawns, crab, calamari etc - with crusty bread and yummy salad. Mum says it’s the most expensive meal of the year but worth it as it’s all our favourite

The last few years we have had this with a bottle of Prosecco...nice and light before Christmas Day...

www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fish-recipes/baby-yorkshire-puds-creamy-smoked-trout-horseradish-pate/

Dp does a crap lasagne with 10000 ingredients, most of which detract from the expected awesomeness of a lasagna, yet fail to cover his inability to add sufficient bechamel or moisture to cook said meal (or disguise the many burned bits).

I really wish he'd fuck off out of the kitchen for a couple of days of the year.

Fish pie and champagne

We have an Indian takeaway. You did ask

Not cooking on xmas eve, DP is working till 8pm and might go for a pint after work so he probably wont be home until 10 so I'm thinking probably either party food and snacks or take out

Thanks loving these suggestions and recipes please keep them coming

Not supper, but we always do sausages in baguettes for lunch on the 24th

Hot beef rolls with gravy and a hot buffet. Then we have a nice dessert buffet too. Love Christmas eve

I don't really do anything special on Christmas eve 🤔 we do have lots of nibbles out during late afternoon etc though..

Will be opening the ( non dairy) baileys though 😁