Xmas Festive Cooking
Stuck for ideas for Christmas? Need some inspiration? Would like to include some vegetarian or vegan choices? Or just fancy something a little different from the usual.
Each Christmas, we come up with a completely new menu. We will cook a selection of savoury nibbles, appetisers, main dishes and puddings, which you can mix and match to cover the variety of meals over the festive days.
We could do beetroot polenta with a watercress, avocado, flaked almond & apple salad or tomatoes filled with festive vegetables, black and red rice risotto with celeriac and potato hash, char-grilled leeks, fennel and Jerusalem artichoke & red wine jus.
Traditional dishes like our favourite nut and seed roast with all the trimmings or borlotti bean & chestnut stew. There will be over the top dishes such as gooey chocolate pudding with brandied cherries, orange tuilles & vanilla crème anglaise,
We will have time to discuss stress busting techniques, making as much as possible in advance, what dishes freeze well, so that when the in-laws arrive you can put your feet up and relax with a glass of bubbly. We finish the day with a relaxed Christmas Lunch with organic cava to drink.
