Christmas Eve Breakfast

[EnglishRose13]

This year, my family and my close friend (and her family) are having breakfast together on Christmas Eve.

I'm asking for breakfast ideas to make it feel festive, please.

Disclaimer: I bloody hate eggs and salmon!

Cinnamon drop scones.

Croissants? Nigellas Christmas muffins?

Gingerbread waffles

A strawberry Christmas tree?

Pig in blanket sandwiches
Morrison's Christmas tree brioche
Cinnamon buns
Baileys coffee

Breakfast casserole. Cinnamon muffins. Pancake in the shape of santa or reindeer.

Cheese & ham filled croissants with Christmas pickle

Kedgeree

Game pie with potato salad/Russian salad/pickled beetroot

Mince pies & brandy butter

Crackers to pull, Bellinis to drink, crowns of stars for everyone to wear,

Gingerbread waffles sound amazing! Please post your recipe.

Freshly squeeze OJ.
Make milkshakes.

I used this recipe but swapped the molasses for black treacle.

I've also made kouign amann a few times with a teaspoon of cinnamon added to the sugar. A lot of work but one of the nicest things I've ever made.

Another vote for Nigella's Christmas Morning Muffins. They're so good!

We usually have those frozen croissants and pain au chocolat which just need heating up in the oven. Alongside cranberry juice, orange juice and coffee.

Pancakes with festive filling options - mincemeat and clotted cream, salmon and cream cheese (for others!), some other shit I dunno I just have weetabix

We always have French toast with bacon. Not particularly Christmassy but kept us full till dinner (at 5ish).

Baked pain au chocolat or warm chocolate brioche share bread

Home made rustic baked beans, with bacon, sausages and toasted sour dough

Brussels sprout bubble and squeak pancakes with mince pie sausage meat patties and cranberry sauce

Fried potatoes with Parmesan and pancetta

Kale and tofu scramble with hash brown waffles

Cheddar and spring onion pancakes with bacon and garlic mushrooms

Kedgeree

A citrus fruit salad, pink grapefruit and orange segments, pomegranate seeds for extra beauty, with Greek yogurt, then sausages, bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, whatever delicious bready thing you like best.

I celebrate Christmas eve, not Christmas day. So we all go out for breakfast on Christmas eve. Full english, or croissants, whatever everyone likes, really.
We have the kids alternating Christmasses, this year they go on Christmas eve, so we have a christmas lunch at about 2 :)

Oooh, those gingerbread waffles look delicious.

What do you have with them, Reallybadidea? We like having maple syrup and fruit with our normal waffles but I imagine that would be a little sweet?

This is the best thread ever...

Cinnamon and cranberry bagels (I use a bake off recipe off the bbc website) Christmas tree brioche, or if more exotic ... chop up potatoes, peppers, red onion and add some Cajun spice mix, cook in pan or oven, once veg is nearly cooked (I start potatoes before the other veg as take longer) add finely chopped coriander, chilli if you like it, mix then crack in eggs (quails eggs if you are feeling flush) and put under grill until eggs are cooked. Serve with salsa

Whipped butter would go well on gingerbread waffles I imagine. Definitely going to try these

Every year I think I must make this nutella Christmas tree, maybe this year!!

Cornflakes with glitter in the milk
Crumpet with a shit tonne of squirtycream and some tiny figurines to depict a snow scene
Shreddies with individual ribbons on them
Sculpt the bebe Jesus into your toast with marmite
Reindeer steaks and eggs

Ahhh I love this thread already. Shame I have to go to work!

We have made the Nutella Christmas tree the last couple of years which we serve with strawberries and fresh juice

I think we had the waffles with a bit of maple syrup and whipped cream. They're not massively sweet on their own really. I might try making the batter with brown butter this year.

Oh wow.

I love all of these ideas! Thank you.