what do you have for christmas dinner?

[NinjaChipmunk]

For the first time we are staying home for Christmas and having people come to us and I'm cooking which I'm both excited and quite daunted about. Apart from turkey, what makes up your christmas dinner? I'm all about trimmings and would love to know about even more lovely food and how to cook it. so far i'm thinking

turkey
chipolatas wrapped in bacon
roast pots
carrots
some form of green veg
possibly sprouts
cranberry sauce
some kind of stuffing
bread sauce
gravy (never made my own before, determined to do it this year)

i'd also like to do a ham too....

any recipes or other things to add to my plate greatly appreciated.

I like goose but there's never enough meat for all of us. This year there may be fewer of us so may indulge.

Otherwise it is the standard turkey and also a Quorn roast for DH. I make two stuffings- an American cornbread one and standard sage and onion.

Sprouts with bacon and chestnuts plus non bacon version for DH.

Home made cranberry dressing from our cranberries off the allotment.

Giblet gravy and we always have Yorkshires with every roast as adore them so.

Roast Hasselback potatoes- crispy to the nth degree.

Home made Plum pudding with custard or brandy butter.

DH makes a Creme De Menthe Roulade every year- there'd be an outcry if it was missing.

Thanks teacakes. Shall do that this weekend then freeze. Am so pleased the cabbage won't be going to waste!

Olbasoil- what are kilted sausages? Great name, whatever they are!

And I forgot the spicy red cabbage. If I'm organised I do it a couple of days ahead to let the flavour get into it.

But here's a question - how many people actually eat the Christmas cake on Christmas Day? Most years it ends up sitting there looking nice, but isn't touched until Boxing Day as we're all too stuffed to eat anything else. And another tip - try it with Wensleydale. Yummy!

We usually have goose or beef - last year I did sirloin and it was amazing. I also always do a ham in coca cola a la nigella and we have the leftovers for Boxing Day breakfast - ham and fried eggs with left over fried mash potatoes A MA ZING

Starter: Tournafulla Black Pudding w Sautéed Apple, salad & honey-mustard dressing

Main:
Nigella's brined turkey & gravy (crown from Aldi)
Glazed Ham (previously boiled in Bulmers cheap cider)
Roast Potatoes
Potato & Sausage Stuffing (courtesy of DM - only thing she's really able to do well)
Roasted Carrots & Parsnips
Brussels Sprouts (hate em, but due to popular demand...)

Dessert:
Haven't figured that out yet. I'm the only one who likes Christmas Pudding. Nobody likes Christmas Cake. Maybe a trifle? I'd have to find a bowl for it though. Maybe MIL would make it for me.

Sounds like a pain in the ass, but thankfully I do most of the prep on Xmas Eve so not much to be done on the day itself.

Turkey and one other meat (venison this year)
pigs in blankets
stuffing balls
carrot and swede mash with loads of butter and sherry
roast parsnips
roast potatoes
sprouts
gravy
cranberry sauce
sauce for the other meat (with venison probably horseradish and mustard)

christmas pud with cream and brandy butter
kids will have a bit of pud but will choose some other non-alcoholic pud as well
choc mints
brandy (to anaesthetise our aching stomachs)

Kilted sausages are sausage.and bacon . I can't remember why I call them that , but I always have !
Forgot to add chestnut stuffing to our list, made with frozen chestnuts.

DowntonAbbess red cabbage: cooked slowly with apple, some people include sultanas but I hate that, some vinegar and sugar and some spices and onions. Red cabbage needs to be spicy and intense - I've never had it just boiled. Lots of recipes on the 'net.

Delia's red cabbage here

Thanks so much. I suspect I'll be inundated with red cabbage in the next week or so so shall try all these recipes out and freeze the best for Christmas. Yay!

We do either a large goose or wild ducks for Christmas. Usually stuffed with a combination of stuffing and sausagemeat so there's a little more meat going.

Roast potatoes
Roast parsnips
Roast beetroot
Red cabbage (balsamic vinegar & brown sugared)
Carrots (normal and purple)
Sprouts
Bread sauce
Stuffing
Gravy

Pudding is usually ice-cream for the kids and we do Christmas pud later on because that way it's appreciated more (and you don't have to roll me away from the table )

Downton I love pickled red cabbage too - a plate of cold meat, or a shepherd's pie isn't the same without some crisp pickled red cabbage!

Have a large Irish family and this is the typical thing in most Irish households with the people I know personally lol. It what we do in my house. We pig out at christmas lol

CHRISTMAS EVE BREAKFAST:
We always go out to a restaurant for Breakfast on Christmas Eve with relatives

CHRISTMAS EVE LUNCH:
Chicken Caesar Salad

CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER:
Roast Beef
Mash potato
Roast Potatoes
Carot, Brocolli, Cauliflower
Yorkshire Pudding
Gravy

CHRISTMAS EVE DESERT
Cheesecake with icecream
Hot chocolate with cream, marshmallows, sprinkles

CHRISTMAS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BREAKFAST - Full Irish Fry Up in the morning with:
Bacon Rashers
Eggs
Sausages
Black & White Pudding
Mushrooms
Tomatoes
Beans
Hash Browns
Brown & White Bread/Toast
Tea/Coffee/Orange Juice/Apple Juice
Also a couple of roses or quality street while opening gifts waiting on dinner.

CHRISTMAS DINNER STARTER: (we always make 2 so family has a choice)
A. Prawn Cocktail Salad
B. Soup with brown bread

CHRISTMAS DINNER MAIN COURSE:
Turkey & Ham
Pigs in Blankets
Carrots
Parsnips
Swede
Sprouts
Mashed Potatoes
Roast Potatoes
Yorkshire Pudding
Stuffing
Onion Gravy
Cranberry Sauce, Bread Sauce is also made for anybody who wants a bit
Also make a bit of Roast beef for those who dont like turkey & ham

CHRISTMAS DINNER DESERT: (Always have these 4 ready after dinner as the family loves them)
Sherry Trifle with custard and cream
Christmas Cake with Vienetta ice-cream
Christmas Pudding with Brandy Sauce
Fruit Meringue

LATER IN THE EVENING & NIGHT my family eats:
Turkey Sandwiches & Leftovers
Cheesecake
Coke Floats
Roses Chocolates, Peanuts, Biscuts ( Basically we pig out on all the goodies we bought)
Alcohol

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NEW YEARS DAY IS THE SAME AS CHRISTMAS DAY DINNER, all the days in between are usual normal dinners

This year we're going to have capon, not had it for years but if I remember rightly it's halfway between a chicken and turkey in taste. We'll be having pigs in blankets, cranberry sauce and bread sauce. Don't know what veg yet probably carrots and broccoli and sprouts for his lordship .

Starters probably garlic and chili prawns, haven't a clue about pudding yet but definitely Christmas pudding plus whatever

were having

no starter
chicken for dd and dh nan
leg of lamb for everyone else
roast potatoes
mashed potatoes
roast parsnips
stuffing
pigs in blankets
carrots
broccoli
sprouts
red cabbage
yorkshire puddings for ds
proper gravy

pud will be homemade trifle , shop bought Christmas pud or chocolate pudding

tea will be buffet food and nibbles

Jeez Summyb, I feel stuffed just reading your post! 😁

I've just realised this post is a year old!! How did that happen?!

Christmas dinner is just myself and my Mum and Dad. I’m cooking (I work part-time as a private chef).

We are having:

• Roast beef strip loin with roast potatoes and parsnip
• caramelised fennel with goats cheese
• Green bean salad with mustard seeds and tarragon

Then cheese board and Christmas themed petit fours for afters

May whip up a starter, but I’m not sure.

We are in NZ so salads fit with a summer meal.

Beef recipe is from NY Times and vegetables from Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty

Starter is champagne, homemade brown bread and smoked salmon

Then
Turkey, ham, pigs, yorkies, roasties, roast carrots & parsnips with truffle and parmesan, sprouts with panchetta and red onion, gravy, bread sauce, cranberry sauce

Desert
Mums chocolate cheesecake
Christmas pudding (mums, its amazing) with whipped cream and brandy butter
winter fruit compote with creme fraiche

Then port and cheese out on the table

We have wines paired with each course too.