Christmas Menu

[MrsMotherHen]

Starters
Prawn Cocktails
Lentil and bacon soup

Dinner
Roast leg of lamb
turkey joint or three bird roast type joint
Giant Pigs in blankets (I make big sausages Richmond thick wrapped in bacon rather than cocktail ones)
stuffing balls
Yorkshire puddings
Roast potatoes
Roast honey glazed carrots and parsnips
cauliflower cheese
Sprouts
Gravy and all the usual table sauces

Pudding
Individual Trifles
Mince pies and Cream
Chocolate profiterole cake

Do you think I need more veggies?

Thinking of chili and garlic prawns, confit duck legs, roasties, red cabbage, carrots, Christmas pudding with brandy butter. There's probably only 3 of us

Breakfast
Baked ham & eggs (using the festive ham)
Christmas muffins
Buck’s Fizz

Lunchtime
Jamie’s pork terrine on toast

Mid afternoon
Mince pies & fizz/mulled wine

Teatime
Turkey crown
Roast spuds
Roasted carrots & parsnips
Braised cabbage
Shredded sprouts and chestnuts
Pigs in blankets

Pudding tbc

Evening
Cheeseboard & Christmas cake

Just the three of us (everyone is at ours for Christmas Eve tea) for Christmas dinner and DD4, probably won't eat much but it will still be a feast.

Rib of beef or 3 bird roast,
Maple syrup roasted parsnips
Carrots,
Sprouts,
Red cabbage,
Cauli cheese,
Yorkshire puds,
Roasted pots,
Pigs in blankets,
Stuffing balls (maybe wrapped in bacon)
Gravy.

I'd happily not bother with potatoes but may have 1 on my plate

Starters don't often happen, if they do they are usually ready made pate type things, and puddings get eaten much later - such as the next day. I love Christmas dinner!

@kingfisherGreen

We have flirted with different birds and come back to duck year before last dh did it, stunning. What duck do you buy? I think it was Gressingham that was the impressive one however, we did queue for a hours and got an Aylesbury duck once but that was disappointing. So may I ask which duck and how!

xena df always used to do rib of beef but he insisted it was too big for smaller gathering?

IncidentalAnarchist i know i know there my guilty pleasure. Although this week I had morrison cafe sasuages which were very tasty they are there butchers range i think so think i might do them instead.

I think I live in a different world... no wonder there is so much talk (in October) of stressy Christmas prep.

We will have -
standard Christmas morning selection box starters, with a glass of wine
a roast dinner with the addition of pigs in blankets, with a couple of glasses of wine
maybe some Christmas pud and custard (usually too full from main) a ton of Quality Street in the afternoon, followed by a boozy fuelled snooze.

Bliss

I don't normally do red cabbage but see a lot of you do. I might give it a go this year.

What recipe do you all use?

Would love to do roast veg but would not have the oven space. It's difficult enough to juggle roast potatoes, yorkies, stuffing, sausage meat for 18 people.

Leaves we get a Gressingham, not huge (only has to feed DH and I and small amount for DD + enough for leftovers-hash on Boxing Day).

We pierce the skin to allow the fat out and cook it very hot for the first 15 mins then at 180' for the rest of the time.

We've bought especially nice ones from the local butcher, and the standard one from Sainsbury's/Waitrose and have noticed any real difference.

I really want goose this year, but having never tried it, need a test run some time in November to make sure it's not a horrible, expensive and greasy mistake.

It's my first year hosting. We will be 7.
Red cabbage
Roast carrot
Roast parsnip
Sprouts
Roast potatoes
Mashed potatoes
Mashed swede
Yorkshires

Lemon and thyme pork
Turkey crown or breast joint
Beef in gravy

Cheese board

Puds will be a Christmas pudding and a chocolatey pudding

I'm wondering how much of this I can do in advance now.