Dinner 2023

[Ann_T]

Christmas Eve dinner.

Our tradition - French Canadian Tourtiere.

Ready for the oven.

Just out of the oven,

 

Moe had his with both gravy and the Chile Sauce I made for him earlier this week and I had mine with just gravy.

[Honkman]

As Germans we celebrate always 12/24 as the big day with gifts and special dinner. This year a meatloaf with ground beef, shredded cheddar, smoked paprika, cumin, crushed chili flakes and filling made from spinach, onions, garlic and ajvar, wrapped in bacon. Served with peperonata (made from green, red and yellow peppers, onion, anchovies, parsley braised for some time in its own juice) and tangy mashed potatoes (made with buttermilk)

[Shelby]

A few pre-Christmas meals.  

 

Fried chicken

 

 

Sandwiches from leftover SV'd venison roast

 

 

Cheese stuffed ravioli

 

 

I bought I couple of rotisserie chickens at the store knowing I'd be busy doing Christmas prep.  $5 a piece.  They sure came in handy.  Chicken enchiladas one night

 

I made salsa

 

 

 

 

Then I made chicken tostadas a couple nights later

 

[dans]

Christmas Eve dinner (along with Valentine’ day, and other “holidays”) was always rack of lamb with potatoes au gratin. This year was a solo event and I was feeling nostalgic so I whipped a variation for myself.  Rack of lamb, pommes fondant, and Japanese milk rolls. All washed down with a Chateauneuf du Pape. 

 

[rotuts]

@dans

 

wonderful dinner.  a lot of work for one .

 

but then there is the Wine.   you did it justice.

 

I do love a C du P .   esp an old one.

 

im sure it was tasty.

[Tropicalsenior]

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Edited December 25, 2023 by Tropicalsenior (log)

[billyhill]

Not pictured, 2 deviled eggs as an app and 2 as dessert. 

[lemniscate]

On 12/17/2023 at 1:34 PM, Duvel said:

Dinner started as early as 16.00h today, as we spontaneously invited some of the neighbors over for Feuerzangenbowle …

 

 

 

 

I threw some sausage on the BBQ …

 

 

And some Rahmflecken into the oven …

 

 

There was a pudding apple cake as well …

 

And plenty of Feuerzangenbowle. And a hot cocoa for the little one 🤗

 

Happy 3rd Advent 🙏

 

 

If anyone in the US wants to get one of those Feuerzangenbowle sugar cone holder (eG-friendly Amazon.com link), it's showing Free Shipping from Amazon Japan for about $22 USD.   Talk about sourcing globally.  

[dans]

2 hours ago, rotuts said:

@dans

 

wonderful dinner.  a lot of work for one .

 

but then there is the Wine.   you did it justice.

 

I do love a C du P .   esp an old one.

 

im sure it was tasty.

After Burgundy, CdP is my favorite.

[rotuts]

@dans

 

Excwllwnt.

 

Hand only a few bottles of decent Burgundy.

 

and it hs litt to do w Pinot Noir.

 

I did have 2 cases pf CdP , '82.  Perrin.

 

started them @ 20 years old.

[gulfporter]

Individual Chicken Wellingtons.

 

Didn't get the puff I wanted, but knew that was a risk, given my MXN oven has no thermostat nor insulation.  I cranked it up to 420F after 45 minutes, watched it another 10, never got beyond the 420F.

 

Oven temp dropped to 340F after I opened the oven door to put the tray inside (at lightning speed, I might add). 

 

Flavors were excellent.  No seepage.  A tad bit of soggy bottom but luckily Paul Hollywood did not grace our table this Christmas. 

 

Sides were grilled asparagus with lemon, and a cranberry-chipotle condiment.  

 

 

 

[Norm Matthews]

Christmas Eve dinner was Ham, Southern Green Beans, Mexican Street Corn and Melting Roasted Potatoes.  The potatoes burned more than browning. I probably used too much butter.

[Tropicalsenior]

Well I made my annual Christmas tourtieré today. I haven't cut into it yet but it looks pretty good. I hope so because I hate to make pie crust. I'm not good at it so I only do it once a year.

Before.

After.

I plan to have a simple dinner with just mushroom gravy, sliced tomatoes, and watermelon. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas.

[Tropicalsenior]

Yep!

I'm happy with it.

[MaryIsobel]

1 hour ago, Tropicalsenior said:

Well I made my annual Christmas tourtieré today. I haven't cut into it yet but it looks pretty good. I hope so because I hate to make pie crust. I'm not good at it so I only do it once a year.

Before.

After.

I plan to have a simple dinner with just mushroom gravy, sliced tomatoes, and watermelon. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas.

Your pastry looks fabulous!

[gfweb]

Christmas dinner 2023 was smaller. Just 4 of us a daughter and an old friend. 

 

Henry with his new squishy toy, an elephant that he likes as much as the moose...success!

 

 

Tenderloin with rosemary butter, glazed carrots, roasted broccoli and au gratin potatoes

 

 

 

Sticky toffee pudding

[Ann_T]

2 hours ago, Tropicalsenior said:

Well I made my annual Christmas tourtieré today. I haven't cut into it yet but it looks pretty good. I hope so because I hate to make pie crust. I'm not good at it so I only do it once a year.

For someone that doesn't make pastry often, that is one beautiful tourtiere, before and after. 

I roasted a duck for our Christmas dinner and made a  fig port sauce

and potatoes roasted in duck fat, steamed green beans and braised red cabbage.

 

[Honkman]

Vietnamese Tofu and Mushroom Curry - Button and cremini mushrooms are first sautéed with browned onions, grated tomatoes, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, curry powder, sirarakhong chili and maggi (forgot to get some MSG) and afterwards braised with pan-fried extra firm tofu in coconut milk. Finished with some cilantro and served over rice

[mgaretz]

Another batch of shrimp fried rice with egg, peas and carrots.

 

 

[Dante]

Christmas Dinner:  Ham slow cooked in mustard sauce and jam.  Sides of sauteed collards and potato croquettes with camembert in 

[Duvel]

A Catalan Christmas dinner:

 

Christmas soup with filled pasta …

 

 

Accompanying meats & veggies …

 

 

Chicken with prunes …

 

 

Baked apple …

 

 

Dessert !

 

[weinoo]

After an extra special, especially delicious Christmas eve dinner at Foxface, Christmas night dinner meant some kitchen time for me.

 

 

I wanted to use the remainder of a chicken roasted a few nights prior.  In a sort of shepherd's pie, or as it might be known in France...

 

 

Parmentier.  Recipe above appears in the La Régalade Cookbook.

 

Prior to oven...

 

 

Post oven:

 

 

Other than burning the shit out of our mouths, it was pretty good.  Mashed potatoes were only made with butter and cream, no eggs or egg yolks, so probably would be a little tighter with the addition of yolks.

 

For those who care, Parmentier was a pretty cool character...

 

Quote

Parmentier then began a series of publicity stunts for which he remains notable today, hosting dinners at which potato dishes featured prominently and guests included Benjamin Franklin and Antoine Lavoisier. He gave bouquets of potato blossoms to the king and queen, and surrounded his potato patch at Sablons with armed guards during the day to suggest valuable goods, withdrawing them at night so people could steal the potatoes (the same story exists in Germany about Frederick the Great). These 54 arpents of impoverished ground near Neuilly, west of Paris, had been allotted him by order of Louis XVI in 1787.[8]

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine-Augustin_Parmentier

[liamsaunt]

Some pre-Christmas meals.  Chicken curry

 

 

Bay scallop spaghetti

 

 

Fish and chips

 

[Honkman]

Vine Grower’s Sausages and Green Beans - Fresh pork bratwurst cooked in the oven in a mixture of celery, onions, red grapes, red wine and saba (which I couldn’t get and substituted with a mixture of acetic balsamic, red wine vinegar and pomegranate molasses). The green beans were cooked with diced tomatoes, shallots, garlic and basil.

[lindag]

17 hours ago, liamsaunt said:

Chicken curry

Bay scallop spaghetti

Fish and chips

 

 

OMG!  Those dishes look delicious.