Good Christmas Day Starters PLEASE

[PressureDrop]

Sick of our usual salmon-ey something.

No soup (too filling) and no prawns (two people don't eat seafood).

Any great recipes you'd like to share?

TIA

[taffetazatyousantaclaus]

Some interesting ideas in Sainsbo's mag:

• smoked salmon, with vodka chilli and lime
  
• melon with serrano ham and pomegranate
  
• baked beets with goats cheese toasted walnuts and olives
  
• scallops with ginger, spring onions and coriander
  

When I was a child, we always had turkey giblet soup. More like a broth.

[PatTheHammer]

I read a really good thread on here the other day and somebody very wise said that they never do starters as they are too filling but buy some nice pre-prepared canapes and serve them on trays with drinks in the living room whilst they finish off cooking the meal.

I think this is a really good idea and will be stealing it this year. If you had an aversion to pre-prepared you could make some canapes in advance? Sorry don't have any particular recipes!

[bigchris]

A starter before the biggest meal of the year? Wierd!

My sis shoves in oven Chinese nibbles at about 12 and then xmassy dinner 4ish

no trouble at all

[MrsNoggin]

You have room for starters?!

Chocolate usually works for us . And it's a struggle to get pudding down after main as well!

But if you insist, what about a pate of some sort? Mushroom perhaps, I always find that lighter than meat ones. WIth little triangles of toast.

[Numberfour]

btw, what is your usual salmon-ye thing?

[Numberfour]

chicken liver pate with melba toast?
goat's cheese and red onion tart?
parma ham and melon (not that I have ever had that!)
anti pasti thingy?