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Christmas eve dinner
Thursday, December 27, 2007
My Christmas eve cooking this year was relatively hassle free as most of the preparations were done the weekend before. Made a pot of cranberry sauce (Jamie Oliver's recipe) but did not serve the sauce with the turkey. We had it topped with our waffles for breakfast instead and it was pretty good.
Also tried making Nigella's ham in coca cola which had rave reviews on the internet. The problem was finding a 2 kg gammon ham as stated in the recipe. I ended up having to buy a 4 kg ham and had to get the butcher to slice it into half. The cooking process involved boiling the ham for about 2 hours in 2 litres of coke. The ham was then glazed with a mixture of treacle, mustard powder and brown sugar and popped in the oven for 20 minutes. It was a success and everyone loved the slightly smokey coke flavoured ham.
I decided to try Jamie's stuffed turkey this year. Made the stuffing and the rosemary bacon rolls a couple of days earlier.
Also tried making Nigella's ham in coca cola which had rave reviews on the internet. The problem was finding a 2 kg gammon ham as stated in the recipe. I ended up having to buy a 4 kg ham and had to get the butcher to slice it into half. The cooking process involved boiling the ham for about 2 hours in 2 litres of coke. The ham was then glazed with a mixture of treacle, mustard powder and brown sugar and popped in the oven for 20 minutes. It was a success and everyone loved the slightly smokey coke flavoured ham.
I decided to try Jamie's stuffed turkey this year. Made the stuffing and the rosemary bacon rolls a couple of days earlier.The end result was a juicy and flavourful turkey. I finally got to sit down to enjoy my turkey this year as there were less guests to entertain. We had plenty of time to take some nice shots of the food while waiting for our guests to arrive, and it was a relaxing dinner, with good food and wine.
For dessert, we had an exotic fruit log cake($48 for 1 kg) from 'Something to Go' at Regent Hotel. From Co, myself and our two little ones, blessed Christmas and Happy New Year 2008.
For dessert, we had an exotic fruit log cake($48 for 1 kg) from 'Something to Go' at Regent Hotel. From Co, myself and our two little ones, blessed Christmas and Happy New Year 2008.Labels: home cooking
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