What do you eat on Christmas Eve?

[Inmydreams88]

Growing up we would always order Chinese takeaway but the past few years I’ve done a buffet style tea. This year I was thinking of serving the ham I am going to cook on Christmas Eve but what should I have it with?

This curry sounds delicious! I'm going to look up how to make it! Thank you!

My grandma used to make home baked swede - it's a new England recipe, this one looks very similar

https://www.food.com/recipe/swede-casserole-235175

It's wonderful with home cooked ham.

Or you could try nigella's Sweetcorn pudding

Buffet stuff and a cooked ham

I love the idea of scallops, smoked salmon and blinis etc!

Usually a buffet style dinner. My db does this as everyone comes to mine for Christmas dinner.
Schnitzel, roast veg, mash, cabbage, curried cauliflower, mushrooms in batter. Just loads to pick at.

Omelette and chips.

We usually have our gammon - Husband makes it, with rolls.and apple sauce.

But I'm working on Christmas Day this year so we are having our Roast on Christmas Eve evening 🎄

Curry. I used to cook a big selection of curries from scratch when DC were small (we lived outside the UK and it was part of their education!), but now we usually are at one of their places for Christmas and they are not big curry cooks, so we get a delivery.

Baked brie and baguettes, sometimes with ham and pea soup.

Oooh I love pea and ham soup!

That’s a good idea too!

@DBSFstupid it is lovely, it's more like heavily flavoured beef than a liquid curry and it tastes a lot of fennel - so if you don't like fennel it wouldn't work - it's a favourite here and makes your house smell amazing

That's it I'm doing a fridge buffet this year, sausage roll, game pie, pickles, cheeses.

If husband doesn't like it he's sleeping in the garage in the chest freezer 😁

😂😂

meatballs and tagliatelle. We used to have a takeaway , two years on the trot i made the meatballs and hey presto it was then a “tradition”. to the point that if i make them any other time - family express their displeasure as it is christmas eve food.

@Sockmate123 watched that one only last night!!

Oh I love fennel! I also love the idea of the dry curry - right up my street!
Thank you and have a lovely christmas! x

In our house we always had a chippy tea on Christmas Eve. This year I’m on my own, and in a country where there are no chippies, so not really sure what I’ll have.

@DBSFstupid and don't skip the fried onion slices on top- they really add to it!!

If you like fennel you are in for a treat

Oh crikey - My mouth is watering! I'm going to have to make this dish ASAP (probably tonight!!)

Thank you😊

Raclette here.

Well I'm off the hook. Santa is visiting the castle, waving from a turret so DH and son are going to walk over and visit the local Inn on the way back. They can rummage for themselves when they get home. 😁

I cook the ham, mash and gravy.
Gravlax
Cheese board

Lots o drinks

Quite often on Christmas Eve we have the roasted Christmas ham, jacket potatoes, cauliflower cheese and peas. I love cauliflower cheese but don't want it on the same plate as gravy (so not on Christmas day) and therefore Christmas Eve is a good time to do it if I cba.

This year we might have fish as DS is working in a fish mongers.