Beef for Christmas Day anyone?

[Lunaballoon]

I’d prefer turkey personally, mainly because of all the trimmings, but I’ve been outvoted and we’re having beef.
If anyone else is planning beef, what will you serve with it?
I’ll be doing the usual vegetable accompaniments (roasties, sprouts, roast parsnips and carrots) and gravy, of course, but what else’s could go with it? I’m thinking something pickled maybe?

Red cabbage goes so well with beef. And cauli cheese! Especially with horseradish in the cheese sauce mmmmm

Cauli cheese is a good idea. We’ll have a vegetarian with us so the rest of us can have whatever’s left

Just do your usual trimmings. I often cooked lamb for Christmas dinner but still did everything else.

yeah i am doing beef we dont like turkey.I was just going to do usual sides .My other half would be shocked if there were no pigs in blankets lol.

i am trying to get my family to eat more veg i never made Cauli cheese is it popular

Actually I don’t think anyone would complain about a few pigs in blankets on the side!

I did a beef Wellington last year with dauphinois potatoes and roasted vegetables.

We are having chicken and beef so doing all the usual trimmings plus cauliflower cheese and Yorkies.

I can't wait!

morrisons do lovely sage and onion stuffing balls in the fridge section

That sounds awesome Sexnotgender!

This year we're having beef wellington, dauphinois potatoes, Brussel sprouts, red cabbage honey carrots and parmesan parsnips.

Thank you, it was delicious. I made lemon tart for dessert.

This year is turkey crown as frankly I can’t be arsed making pastry at 37 weeks pregnant!

We are having Venison (roasted with sage which is v like beef tbh.) . Red wine gravy , Roasties, tenderstem broccoli creamed leeks, red cabbage with pears and port (old Good Food recipe from way back) carrots with onion (DMs recipe) and sausage /apricot/ chestnut stuffing on the side.
We will be Stuffed!!

.. unlikely to have a dessert .. there will be H/M Mince pies and cake later (if anyone can.)

Beef wellies for us too.

Laska2Meryls Mon 17-Dec-18 20:30:12
.. unlikely to have a dessert .. there will be H/M Mince pies and cake later (if anyone can.)

lol i purposefully cook to much so people can munch of leftovers for days and i dont have to cook

I’m loving the idea of beef wellington but don’t feel confident enough to do it without practice. Maybe next year.

I always do Barolo beef alongside our Xmas bird as our first Xmas together was in Italy so it's a kind of tradition now

We're having roast beef. I plan to do all the same trimmings that I did at Thanksgiving with the turkey, and I froze most of the stuffing from the turkey so we'll have that too.

Basically roast potatoes and parsnips, carrots, green beans, Brussels sprouts, gravy, and horseradish sauce instead of cranberry sauce. Plus sweet potatoes.

We're doing beef and turkey.
There will be tons left over which we'll slice and freeze in meal sized portions.

The consensus seems to be that a mixture of meats and trimmings is perfectly acceptable. I’m feeling a little less stressed now.

We have beef and my mum cooks it over a bed of carrots with loads of balsamic vinegar over the top of the beef and carrots - the carrots then cook in the beef juices and vinegar and they go all sweet and gorgeous!

I've done roast rib of beef a couple of times at Christmas. Has anybody mentioned Yorkshire puddings? Love them with beef - would make them once the beef was out resting.

Well I went out shopping and came back with a fillet of beef so now they are all clamouring for Beef Wellington. I was hoping to sear it in my big cast iron pan and then finish it off in the oven. Damn you Gordon Ramsay.

Love a roast rib of beef for Christmas day - you need lots of very crunchy roast potatoes and Yorkshire Puddings with a few sprouts and some gravy - simple and exceptional.

Dp and I have rib of beef for tomorrows dinner. Avec -
Roast Potatoes
Cauliflower cheese
Red Cabbage
Yorkshires
Carrot and Butternut squash mash
Sprouts
Gravy and horseradish sauce.