Hi everyone! Can you believe it's less than a week until Christmas? I hope everyone's enjoying the festive season, and I'm super-excited to see what everyone's got planned for the big day! I've got a few big Christmas meals coming up (well, three actually!) for family and friends over the next week or so, which I'll be blogging just as soon as I can. But for today, I'd like to share with you the most epic pre-Christmas meal I enjoyed at my friend Adrian's house last week. Adrian, (different from
Food-Rehab Adrian, but just as nice), has previously worked as a chef in London and Paris, and last weekend cooked an amazing Christmas meal for 14 lucky guests. There were two geese, a ham, two gravies, stuffing,
four separate side dishes and an insane amount of brandy butter. Woah! Let's take a look:
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| The Table |
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| Geese - 2 roast geese with Cumberland sausage / prune / armagnac stuffing |
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| Cherry Gravy - I loved the sweet cherries against the dark goose meat |
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| Glazed ham served with pineapple gravy |
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| Potato salad - whole boiled unpeeled potatoes with mayonnaise, grated hard boiled eggs, crisp bacon pieces, chives, onions |
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| Greens - asparagus, peas and broad beans cooked in stock |
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| Red cabbage |
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| Roast vegetables - Goose-fat roasted carrots and parsnips with chestnuts |
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| My gift from the Christmas cracker - cute measuring spoons! |
There was so much delicious food, and I was so full! But of course I was powerless in the face of dessert...
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| Flambéed Christmas Cake |
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| Brandy Butter. Ahem. |
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| Vanillekipferl - My contribution to the evening |
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| Vanillekipferl and brandy butter - a surprisingly good combination |
Thanks to Adrian for an absolutely incredible meal! What a treat!
What are y'all cooking and eating for Christmas?
Hi everyone! Can you believe it's less than a week until Christmas? I hope everyone's enjoying the festive season, and I'm super-excited to see what everyone's got planned for the big day! I've got a few big Christmas meals coming up (well, three actually!) for family and friends over the next week or so, which I'll be blogging just as soon as I can. But for today, I'd like to share with you the most epic pre-Christmas meal I enjoyed at my friend Adrian's house last week. Adrian, (different from
Food-Rehab Adrian, but just as nice), has previously worked as a chef in London and Paris, and last weekend cooked an amazing Christmas meal for 14 lucky guests. There were two geese, a ham, two gravies, stuffing,
four separate side dishes and an insane amount of brandy butter. Woah! Let's take a look:
|
| The Table |
|
| Geese - 2 roast geese with Cumberland sausage / prune / armagnac stuffing |
|
| Cherry Gravy - I loved the sweet cherries against the dark goose meat |
|
| Glazed ham served with pineapple gravy |
|
| Potato salad - whole boiled unpeeled potatoes with mayonnaise, grated hard boiled eggs, crisp bacon pieces, chives, onions |
|
| Greens - asparagus, peas and broad beans cooked in stock |
|
| Red cabbage |
|
| Roast vegetables - Goose-fat roasted carrots and parsnips with chestnuts |
|
| My gift from the Christmas cracker - cute measuring spoons! |
There was so much delicious food, and I was so full! But of course I was powerless in the face of dessert...
|
| Flambéed Christmas Cake |
|
| Brandy Butter. Ahem. |
|
| Vanillekipferl - My contribution to the evening |
|
| Vanillekipferl and brandy butter - a surprisingly good combination |
Thanks to Adrian for an absolutely incredible meal! What a treat!
What are y'all cooking and eating for Christmas?
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