Christmas Eve:
Turkey brined early if possible. Later sometimes. Left in 3- season porch.
Cranberry and orange sauce made, left in porch.
Stuffing made in the afternoon or evening, and refrigerated.
Pumpkin pie and pecan pie made, cooled, refrigerated or left in porch if cold.
Tiramisu made and refrigerated.
Cinnamon rolls made late evening and left to rise.
Christmas Day:
Cinnamon rolls baked, cooled, glazed.
DS makes the rest of breakfast (scrambled eggs, rashers, sausage).
Breakfast cleared away, dishwasher run and then emptied.
Turkey taken out of brine and left to air at around 12 noon.
Turkey stuffed about 1.30pm and put in hot oven.
Turkey neck boiled for stock with onion, parsley stalks, and carrot.
Potatoes peeled and chopped.
Carrots, parsnips, sweet potato peeled and sliced.
Brussels sprouts trimmed and tops Xd.
Potatoes parboiled when the turkey is turned down (maybe about 40 mins after being put in the oven).
Sweet potatoes set to boil, carrots and parsnips in same saucepan after about ten minutes. All ready at the same time.
Water from the saucepan set aside. Sweet potatoes set aside for later.
When the turkey is leaking fat, potatoes and parsnips dropped into the roasting pan. Extra spuds placed in pan of melted butter, topped with rosemary, sprayed with oil, bunged in oven.
About half an hour from T(urkey) hour, Brussels sprouts and frozen green beans parboiled. Water reserved.
Turkey out and covered with foil to rest.
Brussels sprouts heated in balsamic reduction. Green beans and carrots tossed in melted butter, parsley and tarragon in a saucepan.
Sweet potatoes reheated in microwave, mashed with butter, molasses, s&p.
Gravy made using sweet potato, veg, and green veg water.
We eat about 7. Dessert about 9.
Afterward dinner:
Clear away, wash up/ load dishwasher,, take turkey meat off carcass, refrigerate meat plus carcass, all veg and potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, refrigerate stuffing. All turkey stock and veg stock to freezer.
After dessert:
Refrigerate all leftover dessert.
Empty dishwasher, load up all remaining pots, pans, dessert plates, forks, etc. Start dishwasher, hit the hay.