its time to start planning a menu... I am going simple(r) this year Christmas Eve: Apps: Smoked Mussels Stuffed Peppers Cheese and Cracker plate O

MIke R

MIke R

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its time to start planning a menu...

I am going simple(r) this year

Christmas Eve:

Apps:

Smoked Mussels
Stuffed Peppers
Cheese and Cracker plate
Oysters on the half shell


Dinner:

Bouillabaisse ( fresh lobster, little necks, mussels, squid, haddock, shrimp )
Mushroom Risotto
Garlic Bread
Garden Salad

Wine: Choice of Pouilly Fume or Brunello

Dessert:

Apple Pie
Banana Foster
Chestnut Bars
Christmas Cookie platter


Coffee, Tea, Mulled Apple Cider with Gran Marnier, Rhum and Tuaca, Hot Chocolate with Peppermint Schnaaps



Christmas Day:

Apps:

Mini Spring Rolls
Cold Boiled Shrimp with a creole dipping sauce
Cold Lobster Cocktail

Dinner:

Smoked Ham
Roasted Turkey with Chestnut Stuffing
Garlic/Parmesan Creamy Whipped Yukons
Steamed Green Beans
Cranberry & Orange/Ginger/Pecan Chutney
Grilled Asparagus
Pumpkin Bread and Cranberry Nut Bread

Wine: Champagne or Sancerre or Brunello

Dessert:

Chocolate Cheese Cake
Pumpkin Pie
Maple Walnut Bread Pudding
Christmas Cookie Platter

Coffee, Tea, Mulled Cider with Gran Marnier, Rhum, Tuaca, Hot Chocolate with Peppermint Schnaaps




I get my hams,bacon, sausage from here:

http://www.vtsmokeandcure.com/


an amazing place...really good meats..and they ship
 
Super looking. It's just the 2 of us for Christmas Eve so I'll be doing stuffed calamari and a caesar salad with anchovies.

However, Christmas is another story. I just finished my menu and it will be:

Apps:
Smoked salmon on cucumber strips with cream cheese rolled up and cut like pinwheels

Soup:
Pasta fagioli

Secondi:
Spinach lasagna with bolognese sauce and bechamel
Baked ham
Potatoes Anna

Dessert- cannolis and Italian rum cake


Haven't decided on wines yet
Grappa
Navan Cognac

Time to do the second stage of my Vanilla rum
 
yeah I was kicking around the idea if doing a tray of Lasagna as well for Christmas Day....we need to have a LOT of leftovers because there will be no time to cook anything substantial the week following Christmas..and I still may do a tray....

but yours looks very good too...
 
I am using Marcella Hazan's lasagna recipe except it won't be spinach- I'll make plain egg pasta. The bolognese sauce takes 3 hours but it melts in your mouth. I just dug out some carrots from my garden to use in the sauce. Had to use an axe to get thru the frozen top layer.
 
I have plenty. They will keep until the spring. I have beets too but I can't cut thru the frozen dirt.
 
thats cool....

I still have quite a few carrots and winter squash in the garage from the fall....still looks ok
 
Both menus look delicious. You're making me hungry! I love REAL Bananas Foster and you don't see it very often but dang it's good. You bringing out the good dark rum for it?

Andynap, what are Potatoes Anna?
 
Potatoes Anna are very thinly sliced potatoes layered between melted butter and baked with heavy cream.
 
Andy was the dish created by Anna or named after her when she passed away from eating it? Kidding.Amy
 
First Course
Florida Citrus Salad
Poached Lobster, Hearts of Palm, Candy Cane Beets & Local Citrus

Smithfield Ham
Tangelo Glaze, Herb Encrusted Poached Egg, Pumpernickel Biscuit

Foie Gras Torchon
Warm Gingerbread, Rhubarb, Chestnut Brittle & Sage

Entrées
Colorado Rack of Lamb
Braised Oxtail, Gnocci, Celery Root & Red Currant Jus

Spear Caught Florida Grouper
Serrano Ham Sofrito, Swiss Shard, Plantain Chutney

Myers Prime Strip Loin
Baby Leeks, French Horn Mushrooms, Fingerlings, Horseradish

Wild Mushroom Risotto
Chanterelles, French Horns, Chestnuts, Parsnips

Dessert
Peppermint Mocha Crème Brulee

House Made Peppermint Patties & Candy Cane Bark

Eggnog Cheesecake

Ginger Bread, Caramel Rum, Ice Cream Sandwich

Figgy Puddingg
Brown Butter Glaze,Brulee Figs, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
 
Andynap said:
Outstanding choices. How many people you feeding?
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I'm paying for 7 ppl.

Caretta's on the Gulf at the Sand Pearl Resort in Clearwater, FL is doing the cooking.
 
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