My first stab at a Christmas Menu for 7

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My first stab at a Christmas Menu for 7

by GilraenH ^Pro @ 2009-11-07 – 16:38:27

Updated...

Any suggestions welcome, it is a work in progress - needless to say I will blog all the recipes...I'm particularly looking forward to making the Tiramasu...

L'Apperitif

Hot Spiced Apple Cider

Starter

Home-made tomato and red pepper soup
Hot bread rolls

Main

Roast Turkey
Caramelised Glazed Onions
Crispy & Fluffy Deep-Fried Potatoes
Roasted winter vegetables (carrots, parsnips and leeks)
Cauliflower Cheese
Sprouts
Home-made Chestnut and Sausage Stuffing
Turkey Gravy, Bread Sauce and fresh cranberry sauce

with Champagne and crackers

Dessert

Tiramasu

with Ice Wine

Le Digestif

Scottish Cheese Board and Oatcakes

with Port

Coffee

Freshly ground coffee with After Eight Mints and a slice of Chritsmas Cake
(and a packet of Rennies)
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30 Comments to My first stab at a Christmas Menu for 7

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- MissyMouse
- 2009-10-25 @ 09:04:05
Goodness me!!!
You are going to be one busy bunny on Christmas Day!!!

Got a spare place for me?

xx
- - GilraenH ^Pro
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  - 2009-10-25 @ 09:06:38
  So long as you don't eat all the Tiramasu!
  - - MissyMouse
    - 2009-10-25 @ 09:39:49
    I don't think I'd have room after everything else!
    
    It all sounds yummy!
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- QueeneMab
- 2009-10-25 @ 09:38:11
That sounds nice, my mouth is watering. Sounds like a lot of hard work for you though. Are you making the pate yourself? An alternative delicious (time saving alternative starter) might be slices of Ranoch smoked venision on hot buttered toast, thinly spread with horseraddish.

Are you going to get some of those delicious flavoured Arran cheeses from the Frostfair. Sometimes Jenners has that nice cheese flavoured with calvados it is surrounded in coloured wax shaped like a pear. Yum.

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- - GilraenH ^Pro
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  - 2009-10-25 @ 09:42:23
  I think I may cheat and get a good pate from M&S, there's enough home-made stuff in there! Plus I can make a few things well in advance, including the Tiramasu. I might dabble in a few Scottish cheeses. The food department in Jenners is very nice, may have to have a wander around..
  - - QueeneMab
    - 2009-10-25 @ 09:48:54
    Indeed it is.
    
    There is also that nice tourist shop on the Edinburgh road to Pitlochry 'bout an hour away from the Forth Bridge, can't remember what it is called but it does all kinds of yummy specialist highland goodies. Do you know the one I mean, looks a bit like a service station, all the bus tours call there.
    
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- la_spice
- 2009-10-25 @ 10:25:11
Mmmmmm......... sounds delish
- - GilraenH ^Pro
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  - 2009-10-25 @ 11:04:15
  Ah! And I forgot the cauliflower cheese!!
  - - la_spice
    - 2009-10-25 @ 11:13:26
    I'll pass on that (and the sprouts!)
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- sweetymon
- 2009-10-25 @ 10:52:54
I feel full just reading that, sounds fantastic. Good luck!
- - GilraenH ^Pro
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  - 2009-10-25 @ 11:05:17
  Yes, I think I am going to have to make everyone fast on Christmas Day until it is all ready.
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- anyak
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- 2009-10-25 @ 11:08:13
what about vegeterians
- - GilraenH ^Pro
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  - 2009-10-25 @ 12:00:33
  There are no vegetarians....
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- ravingmad
- 2009-10-25 @ 15:41:38
Where's the flaming Christmas pud!!!
You CAN NOT have Christmas without bringing in the brandy drenched Christmas pud and setting it alight
- - GilraenH ^Pro
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  - 2009-10-25 @ 23:19:42
  The Christams pud will come out as a nightcap with some more port, if anyone has any room left. That's if they're awake, at least 4 of my gest are in their 60s....
  - - ravingmad
    - 2009-10-25 @ 23:36:34
    LOL.....I'm in my sixties! That's probably why I can't conceive a Christmas dinner without the traditional Flaming Christmas pud with brandy sauce
    - - GilraenH ^Pro
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      - 2009-10-26 @ 18:26:03
      Hmm - in that case I may have to slip in a Christmas Pud course!!
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- malakeas ^Pro
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- 2009-10-25 @ 17:00:01
oooo, that menu sounds yummy! Count me in!
- - GilraenH ^Pro
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  - 2009-10-25 @ 23:21:41
  Well, I'm already putting someone in an airbed in the study so space could be limited. Och, what the the hell, me, you, Hubster and Pip can share the bed in the lounge.
  - - malakeas ^Pro
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    - 2009-10-25 @ 23:39:42
    Or if fed enough booze, I will land on the floor and sleep there.
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- Jenniebaby
- 2009-10-25 @ 18:35:57
THat all sounds rather delightful...

And I really DO like sprouts
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- puppies for sale (Visitor)
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- 2009-11-02 @ 10:26:29
It's sound yummy. Nice post!
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- 2009-11-02 @ 10:28:44
Nice recipe! Thanks for sharing with us.

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- free-bird ^Pro
- 2009-11-07 @ 16:42:08
wow!! sounds like its going to be a fab dinner!!
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- xmillyxxx ^Pro
- 2009-11-07 @ 16:47:26
That menu sounds divine!Can't wait for the recipes to go on here.. Looking forward to stealing some of them! xx
- - GilraenH ^Pro
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  - 2009-11-07 @ 17:12:27
  It's hard to be restrictive with the vegetables - I always do too many.
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- rithompson
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- 2009-11-07 @ 17:22:52
(Safe to talk about Christmas now we've got Haloween out of the way)

I've got to plan a Christmas menu for 5 (possibly 6), so thanks for giving me some ideas!
- - GilraenH ^Pro
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  - 2009-11-07 @ 19:49:17
  I've got a ridiculously small cooker, so I have to be careful with my oven space - get all the vegetables out of the way in a 'roasted vegetables' shelf - onions, parsnips, carrots, etc) to save me some space and time. Did you notice I have missed out the peas? How unBritish of me - I hope they don't notice!
  - - rithompson
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    - 2009-11-07 @ 19:54:47
    Like you said, it's a work in progress.
    
    You've given me the idea to bake some bread rolls for Christmas.
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- gardengirl
- 2009-11-07 @ 21:08:10
I think what you have sounds fab. Well done you!
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