Go on then, show me your dinner

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this was mine 😋

You sound absolutely charming!

These all look delicious and I’m very jealous of the cauliflower cheese and the leek dishes that would have gone down a treat!

Yesterday's plated meal and today's leftover Christmas traybake (aka Round 2) about to go into the oven!

christmas dinner part two #boxingday 😋

I bet some taste better than they look but good effort all.

That's the problem when people are professional food, photographers, etc. plus once they poured gravy over it it looks like one brown mess. Even though it's all delicious

The turkey is a bit buried. That white stuff is bread sauce (could have been more liquid). Best roasties ever though. Not a very delicate plate but dinner was two hours later than planned and just wanted the stuff on my plate!

Today's pickings.

This is a vegetarian roast using Redefine Flank Steaks, Braided red cabbage and home made Yorkies.

Why do you have to be such a complete arsehole on a nice, Christmassy thread...miserable fucker

Totally agree. Plus the other miserable twot further up thread.

That said, I couldn’t be doing with PEAS on my Christmas dinner. That’s just wrong to me!

How does everyone produce these lovely looking homemade Yorkshire puddings? I don't even bother trying any more to make mine,I just buy the frozen ones. My homemade ones were always a dead loss. I might add that I'm a pretty good cook in all other respects,I just haven't mastered the art of the Yorkshire pudding!

The Mary Berry recipe in a nonstick muffin tin yields perfect results every time.

What's the brown thing at 10 o'clock... Looks like a jacket potato?

At my DS, it was lovely, but I don’t eat stuffing or sprouts, so I didn’t really get a lot. Yorkie was home made and good. 😁

Nah not at all miserable thanks. I was completely bladdered to be fair. I own my shit though so I apologise for my post!

This was mine (before gravy!) mostly frozen stuff as we are carers to our DD and time isn’t on our side, but always try to tart it up a bit (extra butter, herbs, seasoning or whatever) We had a load of frozen chicken that needed using so slow cooked it in sage butter and tasted fine once all mixed in!

@JohnTheRevelator I use Lakeland deep muffin tins, and follow all the instructions here. From what I can tell, it’s mostly about leaving the batter in the fridge overnight and getting the fat really hot before you add the batter.

I crank up the oven to 270 so it drops to 240 when I open the door and pour the batter into the tins. 13 to 15 mins and they’re done. I also get the batter out a couple of hours beforehand so it’s not quite as cold and only add the water in just before pouring.

https://www.seriouseats.com/the-best-yorkshire-pudding-popover-recipe

I double this recipe and get 12 huge individual Yorkshires. My teen and DH are seriously impressed with them. As am I !!

P.S. My cauliflower cheese, red cabbage, etc is all shop bought. And the gravy is Jamie Oliver get ahead stuff that I freeze. I decided to go for it with Yorkshires and not try to do it all…

@PeonyPatchexcellent cauli / cheese ratios there. I can’t get mine anywhere near the m and S pre made stuff so I just buy it. Spent months in lockdown working on it to no avail! Any tips?

@RessicaJabbitit’s half a sweet potato! My son had the other half.

ChristmasLightsLover I think that not leaving the batter in the fridge overnight is where I've been going wrong! I will certainly give this recipe a try.

Sorry, no plated up pics taken...

See, this was out Boxing Day roast to be fair. I absolutely love peas, and I love them on a roast - especially when soaked in lots of gravy, yummy yummy yummy!

where do you feel you’re going wrong?
What kind of dish have you used? I used a small glass Tupperware - loaded it up with cauliflower and then used the bbc good food recipe and poured the rue all over the cauliflower before putting it in the oven. It did need more than 20 mins tho to get a nice gratin on top. I didn’t have breadcrumbs so I topped with crispy onions.

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cauliflower-cheese-0

Another vote for Mary Berry recipe. And you need hot fat. And don't open the door while they're cooking. You can freeze them, defrost and reheat for 4 mins. I make a batch in advance

I sometimes make one giant YP in a roasting tin, which has the added bonus that it's quicker to pour in the batter in a oner