Ideas for Christmas dinner starters please

[FoofFighter]

What starters do you all have? Needing some ideas please!

Not salmon and not soups though due to fussy buggers dislikes

Fondue?

We have either Asparagus or Multi colour melon balls.

We always have a terrine, usually chicken and sausage meat with a kind of cheese wrapped in prosciutto. Serve with crusty bread and a bit of rocket. We have a very small portion on Christmas day so lots of leftovers for boxing day where it joins the leftover turkey and ham and cheese as part of the boxing day buffet!

We always have pate with crusty bread and chutney.

Melon and Parma ham, prawn cocktail, egg mayonnaise, antipasti or deep fried brie. Has to be something faffless!

YY the less faffless the better!

parma ham with fresh figs, salad leaves and crusty bread

baked camembert with cardamom chutney and oat cakes

No starter here .............

If it;s a Special Meal but not Christmas Dinner, I like :

Deep fried Brie/Camenbert with rocket and mango chutney

Mushrooms filed with garlic/herb Philly and covered in breadcrumb then deep fried.

I'm having New Year with my DParents so I think I'll do veg soup (they wouldn't go for brie )

Retro prawn cocktail. Like angels dancing on your tongue

We always have pate with toasted seeded bread and a nice chutney.

Mmmm prawn cocktail could be a goer

Breaded brie / camembert bites with some cranberry sauce and dressed salad leaves is my favourite Christmas starter.

Brie wrapped in filo pastry is absolutely divine and goes down a treat in our house! Serve with cranberry sauce or caramelised onions

How about a deli platter, easy to do in advance and not too heavy - meats, cheeses, olives, pate etc

No starter !
It's the biggest , most calorific meal of the year ! Who'd want to fill up on melon and Parma ham when there's turkey and all the trimmings soon after, plus Christmas breakfast / brunch !

We don't have one. Christmas lunch followed by pudding is more than enough for us.

Lightly grilled halloumi with a lime and caper dressing, rocket garnish and good dark bread is good though.

Something ready made from M&S?

We don't have one, a huge roast is plenty for us! Plus room in the kitchen to plate up a starter seems a faff, especially if you need to give up precious oven space for it!

On other days around the Christmas period we like things like pate, or baked Brie/camenbert, I love a proper retro prawn cocktail but they are often judged to be old fashioned despite the fact that they are delicious!

Just to report back we decided on mini haggis truffles and baby salad leaves, with whisky sauce :) (taste tested last night!)

No started here because we all eat more than our body weight in the main course so a starter would seem inappropriate! We do have some mini brie and cranberry bites or some such thing at about 10.30 with a glass of cava though.

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With a little light salad and a fruity chutney

Sorry, but it has to be really good smoked salmon, with thinly sliced brown bread and butter and a wedge of lemon. I thought that was the law . Not filling at all, easy to prepare beforehand and totally delicious.