Anonymous wrote:Panettone and coffee while opening presents

Cinnamon pancakes with bacon for brunch

Fruit/cheese/nut board out in early afternoon

Hazelnut/cranberry Field Roast for dinner, along with green beans, mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy, cranberry sauce, roasted cauliflower

Cranberry cake for dessert

Thank you for posting this! I’d bought a Panettone to have for breakfast today and forgot all about it until I read this thread!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hosted Christmas Eve, enjoying a well deserved bourbon now!

Appetizers:

Roasted oysters with tomato butter
Hot olive cheese puffs
Spiced shrimp cocktail
cheese board
Onion dip and a veggie tray for the kids

Dinner:
Stuffed shells with a fluffy lemon basil ricotta filling and homemade tomato sauce
Coquilles St. Jacques (on the shell!)
Arugula and radicchio salad
Spiedini alla Romana

Dessert:
Panettone Tiramisu

Incredible menu. Any recipes to share?

Sure!

The oysters, cheese puffs, and salad are NYT (Melissa Clark)

Ina Garten’s recipe for make ahead Coquilles St. Jacques, but put them in scallop shells instead of gratin dishes (baked for about 15 mins on 400)

The spiedini alla Romana: Sliced sourdough loaf with mozzarella in between the slices, skewer it together, brush with olive oil, toast in oven, then top it all with a caper anchovy sauce (sauce garlic, and anchovy paste, add capers, wine, lemon juice, reduce, then whisk in some butter).

The stuffed shells were my own: Basic sauce (San marzanos, onion, garlic, olive oil). The filling is ricotta, basil, lemon zest and some pecorino, whipped up in the food processor to make it fluffy. Top with torn mozzarella, a little more sauce, and some more pecorino.

The tiramisu: springform pan, layer in pannetone, drizzle with coffee , then sweetened whipped cream and mascarpone mixture (whip separately then whip together so it’s pretty stiff), some chocolate chips, repeat, and finish with a dusting of cocoa powder.


Merry Christmas! I am not cooking again until 2024 😂

So amazed at the meals. Xmas day is seafood for us. We are having crab cakes, scallops for my dad, and salmon croquettes. Sides are a kale slaw, roasted butternut squash with candied pecans, and lemon butter asparagus. Desert is mini sweet potato pies.

Another roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, with Dauphinoise potatoes, green beans and green salad. Gingerbread cake with whipped cream for dessert.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t celebrate Christmas but have been reading these menus, drooling. All sound so good!

My question is this - based on tv, in books, songs, etc I always thought most people eat ham on Christmas, but it seems most of these menus are not ham. Is ham old-fashioned, or was my impression over-hyped, or does it depend on one’s family culture?

Happy Christmas to all who celebrate!

We usually eat ham but since the in-laws are not visiting this year I’m doing something different (glazed salmon)

Panettone and coffee while opening presents

Cinnamon pancakes with bacon for brunch

Fruit/cheese/nut board out in early afternoon

Hazelnut/cranberry Field Roast for dinner, along with green beans, mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy, cranberry sauce, roasted cauliflower

Cranberry cake for dessert

I don’t celebrate Christmas but have been reading these menus, drooling. All sound so good!

My question is this - based on tv, in books, songs, etc I always thought most people eat ham on Christmas, but it seems most of these menus are not ham. Is ham old-fashioned, or was my impression over-hyped, or does it depend on one’s family culture?

Happy Christmas to all who celebrate!

Chicken cordon bleu!

Anonymous wrote:Hosted Christmas Eve, enjoying a well deserved bourbon now!

Appetizers:

Roasted oysters with tomato butter
Hot olive cheese puffs
Spiced shrimp cocktail
cheese board
Onion dip and a veggie tray for the kids

Dinner:
Stuffed shells with a fluffy lemon basil ricotta filling and homemade tomato sauce
Coquilles St. Jacques (on the shell!)
Arugula and radicchio salad
Spiedini alla Romana

Dessert:
Panettone Tiramisu

Incredible menu. Any recipes to share?

Anonymous wrote:Crackers and Cheese
Chex Mix

Herb stuffed pork poin
Green Beans Almandine
Risotto

A variety of cookies made by me, mom and BIL.

I am this PP. it went pretty well overall, no leftovers! I added sausage rolls to the cocktail fare and they were the first thing gone.

So many delicious meals!

Tonight (Eve) we had:
Swedish meatballs
Roasted potatoes
Coleslaw
Corn pudding

Christmas morning:
Cinnamon rolls, a danish Kringle and eggs

Dinner appetizers:
Brie and prosciutto with jam and crackers (mainly for the kids)
Gravlax (the one time a year we make it. So excited for the leftovers!)

Dinner:
A roast with mushroom sauce
Mashed potatoes
Green beans almondine
Kale salad with apples, cranberries, spiced pecans and Gorgonzola
Dinner rolls
Think I may add some roasted carrots to the mix

Dessert:
rum cake

Anonymous wrote:Hosted Christmas Eve, enjoying a well deserved bourbon now!

Appetizers:

Roasted oysters with tomato butter
Hot olive cheese puffs
Spiced shrimp cocktail
cheese board
Onion dip and a veggie tray for the kids

Dinner:
Stuffed shells with a fluffy lemon basil ricotta filling and homemade tomato sauce
Coquilles St. Jacques (on the shell!)
Arugula and radicchio salad
Spiedini alla Romana

Dessert:
Panettone Tiramisu

I made Sicilian Spiedini! Buon Natale!

Currently prepping the Bo Saam for tomorrow!

Hosted Christmas Eve, enjoying a well deserved bourbon now!

Appetizers:

Roasted oysters with tomato butter
Hot olive cheese puffs
Spiced shrimp cocktail
cheese board
Onion dip and a veggie tray for the kids

Dinner:
Stuffed shells with a fluffy lemon basil ricotta filling and homemade tomato sauce
Coquilles St. Jacques (on the shell!)
Arugula and radicchio salad
Spiedini alla Romana

Dessert:
Panettone Tiramisu

Biryani and raita. That's it.