December lunch ideas

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Friends coming for a lunch in December and I want to do a proper meal - main and dessert, with a festive twist but not a Christmas dinner.

Does anyone have any fab recipe ideas?

Beef bourguignon
Passion fruit roulade

I'd do a seafood risotto and then mince pies & ginger ice cream

Wellington of some sort with potato dauphinoise!

I’d do paella, less heavy with everything going on in December

Pigs in blankets toad in the hole, with honey and mustard mash and tenderstem broccoli

Christmas pie (turkey and ham) and mash. We have a bakers nearby that make these pies, I’ve done this several times over the years and always a hit.

Salmon en croute
Baileys Tiramisu

Lamb and dauphinois potatoes ( green veg of choice )

Winter berry pavlova

I suggest this, because its lunch time and you can throw it all in the oven and just go and enjoy time with friends

Only the pavlova needs to be made the day before and all needs doing in the morning is whipping the cream and deciding what flavours to add to the berries