Now is your chance to win a glorious Christmas hamper!
The final countdown has started. Less than 9 days to go! Have you bought all your presents yet? Meal planning done? Another Christmas party to attend? There are so many errands to run before the big event that by the time the day arrives everyone is exhausted. How about treating yourself to this lovely Christmas hamper?
P.S. Don’t forget to buy your wife or mother some Christmas flowers!
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What is your favourite Christmas dish? Recipes welcome.
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The winner is …
Nr. 359 – Sue Bennett
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turkey yum!
Homemade Christmas Pudding with homemade brandy butter.
XMAS CAKE
I love my brussels cooked with garlic,onion,bacon and butter!
Home made stuffing using herbs grown in our garden
cookies and alcohol
turkey roast beef roast potatoes peas sausage
glazed ham
Nut roast, for a nutty vegetarian – don’t knock it till you’ve tried it!
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Honey Glazed Ham
stollen
mince pies with brandy sauce
Ice Cream Christmas Pudding – just made 2 last night & cannot wait to eat them
Cold meats, cheese and chutney, yum
chestnut stuffing!
Sprouts with bacon & chestnut. They are delicious & yet I only eat them once a year!
Christmas pudding with brandy butter
brandy butter
turkey goble goble
Trifle! My sister makes one packed with fruit which provides a refreshing alternative to Christmas pudding after Christmas dinner. I wouldn’t describe it as a healthy alternative though as she doesn’t skimp on the cream or alcohol
Even my husband reckons it’s his favorite part of the meal now!
Roast turkey with homemade yorkshire pudding and gravy
christmas pudding and clotted cream – heaven
Sausage Meat, Cold meat, Bubble n Squeak yum
Traditional Roast turkey and stuffing.
I love christmas pud with plenty of booze and nuts and cherries with plenty of cream
Brisket of Beef very slowly cooked over vegetables, onions,garlic,stock and red wine
Iced mince pies :0)
Home made gingerbread recipe is
* 350g plain flour
* 1-2 teaspoon ground ginger
* 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
* 100g butter or margarine
* 175g soft light brown sugar
* 1 egg
* 4 tablespoons golden syrup
Hot mince pies and custard- simple pleasure
pigs in blankets
A proper trifle with old fashioned hundreds and thousands ( It used to come as a DIY in a box)
Florentines, made by mum
It’s got to be the most heavenly chocolate recipe ever and its one I make every Christmas.
Chocolate Torte
7 ozs plain chocolate
4 ozs caster sugar
6 tablespoons water
4 egg yolks
2 tablespoons brandy
1 pint double cream
To Decorate
A little sifted icing sugar
12 large strawberries – sliced
A little single cream
You will need an 8″ loose bottomed or spring form tin, oiled and lined with clingfilm.
Break the chocolate into sections and drop into a processor. Process for one minute or until just a few pieces remain in the powdery chocolate, Alternatively, finely grate the chocolate.
Measure the sugar and water into a small pan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved, stirring occasionally. Turn up the heat and boil briskly for 3 – 4 mins to obtain a thin syrup. Once boiled, put the chocolate into a small bowl and pour over the sugar and water mixture. Stir to mix. Cool a little then add the egg yolks, mixing well. Then add the brandy and stir well.
In a separate bowl beat the cream to a soft floppy consistency then fold in the chocolate mixture. Spread in the prepared tin, levelling the top with the back of a spoon. Cover with clingfilm and transfer to the freezer for a minimum of 4 hours to freeze.
Take the torte from the freezer 20 mins before serving. Remove from the tin, strip away the clingfilm, place on a plate and leave to thaw. Sift a little icing sugar over the surface of each plate, place a wedge of torte in the centre and arrange a sliced strawberry around each serving. Drizzle a little cream over each portion and serve.
parsnips in honey and maple syrup they are divine with the traditional roast turkey
Moist turkey with cranberry. Just visualise you are back from the pub and Mumsy or wifey ( or both ) have the dinner ready. You take a nice moist glistening slcie of turkey, and you dip it in the splodge of cranberry sauce at the side of the plate. In it goes, along with a swif of watneys, can’t beat it.
I add minced smoked oysters to my turkey stuffing and then shove it in the bird and it is soooo nice…
Chocolate coins from the Christmas tree
I love our Boxing Day lunch – cold turkey and chips, with baked beans, and all the pickles (beetroot, onions, cabbage etc)
Xmas dinner by my mother, the best!
fresh cooked ham on the bone mmmmmm
Turkey and pickle. With bubble and squeak yummy
I get all my family mix it with happiness, joy and love = happy days x
I love roasted veg and roasted meat,
With pigs in blankets it cant be beat,
Christmas is a time when I just want to eat eat eat,
I love a whole tin of chocs all to myself,
In the supermarket I buy everything on the shelf,
Stocking up on treats I forget all about my health!
I love salads, cold meats and pickle,
Smoothered with Cranberry sauce, just let it trickle,
No weight gain, how can I be so thickle!
My tub of pringles has now all gone,
My cans of beer are empty, what a merry song!
I’ve nothing to leave Santa, thats so very wrong.
I love to eat nuts, crisps and shortcake,
I can even scoff a whole tray mince pies, for goodness sake!
And I’ve always room for a sherry trifle if its for the take,
I like to eat a plump christmas pud with both custard and double cream,
But what is my very favourite christmas dish dream,
Its the one that I have to loosen my clothes for and let off steam,
I like best of all a dish of Mistletoe,
With a very tasty kiss, nice and slow,
It makes me so very happy from head to toe!
But my no1 christmas dish has to be the platter,
In the company of friends we enjoy it over a good natter,
So just like the christmas turkey, I cant now get any fatter!
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Christmas pud with ice cream
Turkey with roast potatoes, carrots, parsnips and sprouts followed by Christmas pudding with white sauce
Turkey and all the trimmings
Boxing Day Lunch, Cold meats, bubble and squeak and pickles
spinich and red cabbage for veggies and mince pies yum yum
my favourite christmas dish is cold turkey with cranberry sauce – on boxing day!
Yum yum a turkey sandwhich on soft white bread with bread sauce and stuffing ….. oh and James Bond of course!