Christmas was uneventful, barring my sister's meltdown during dessert and accusations flying about me being the new Nigella (and knowing no limits when it came to food). Pretty rich coming from a gastric bypass patient, who until recently, knew no limits herself.
The fireworks were set off by my extra dollop of double cream on the apple crumble. Tcha.
Attached a photo of the beast before it hit the oven for several hours.
The menu:
Prosecco with a splash of pomegranate
Gravad lax with blinis and sour cream
Olives
Fried cashews with chillis
Parma ham bundles with goat's cheese and figs
Turkey prepped with pancetta and rosemary
Stuffing of pancetta, dates, sausage meat, sage
Oven potatoes baked in goose fat
Brussels sprouts with chestnuts, marsala, and pancetta (yes, we love this particular type of Italian meat)
Brussels endives (for our Belgian link)
Apples with cranberries
Cranberry sauce
Apple crumble
Marcolini chocolates + coffee
wines: 2006 Hermitage (viognier grape) and a 2005 Côtes du Rhône
Needless to say that we are no longer interested in food for a few weeks.
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That menu looked good! Our turkey was fine but I MUCH prefer cold turkey in a sandwich, say granary bread, with lots of salt and pepper.
Unfortunately I didn't get to drink much at all.
Well, if you toss in some Hellman's mayo, I'll agree with you.
Great minds think alike.
You get to catch up on the drinking part for New Year, lucky you.
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