Our festive celebrations this year began with a wonderfully smooth French style chicken liver pâté thanks to this Jaques Pepin recipe with some homemade sourdough baguettes. For the main course Thomas cooked a ham, brined for 5 days and slow cooked with a little smoke and a brown sugar and mustard glaze. To accompany the ham we had a European style potato salad, a…… Continue reading christmas feast 2015
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christmas 2012
Only a small gathering this year but we still managed a memorable feast. The first course was exotic mushrooms cooked with sage leaves in butter and served with grilled polenta with pepper and pecorino cheese. The second course featured a rolled roast pork barbecued on a spit served with home-made apple sauce, oven-baked cranberry and macadamia…… Continue reading christmas 2012
chocolate christmas pudding
Torn between a traditional pudding and something chocolate? Here’s a recipe which combines both and is truly scrumptious. It appears here after an early Christmas due to some requests for the recipe. There’s no need to age this pudding so there’s still time. Combine 250g (9 oz) of dried fruit mix (sultanas, raisins, currants, mixed peel and glacé…… Continue reading chocolate christmas pudding
christmas feast 2010
With contributions from family and friends our indulgence on Christmas day began with antipasti which included roasted peppers, eggplant and olive caponata, Insalata Caprese (tomato, mozzarella and basil salad), prosciutto, salami and Sicilian olives all served with a fresh Ciabatta bread. Two main course dishes followed, accompanied by a lettuce salad with feta dressing and…… Continue reading christmas feast 2010
michelle picker cooks 