A busy day in the kitchen trying to get organised for tomorrow..making lists of lists and ticking off! I love making bread sauce, the smells are wonderfully Christmassy...stick cloves into a peeled onion ready to go in the milk tomorrow.
Cloves stuck in an onion.
Cranberry sauce bubbling away.
Put fresh cranberries in a pan with a little caster sugar, water and a couple of teaspoons of cherry brandy. Boil until the berries begin to burst, then turn the heat off.
Chestnut and vegetable soup.
This has become a firm favourite on Christmas Day at our house..my Dad loves it.
Onion, carrot, parsnip, celery, chestnuts, vegetable stockcubes..easy peasy! Blend and serve with a swirl of cream, a few bits of crumbled bacon off the turkey and a few chopped chestnuts.
Christmas Eve lunch was griddled asparagus served to dip in lightly boiled eggs...yum.
Christingle service.
They even had a real donkey!
The Christingle...minus a few sweets!
I made chicken liver pate and melba toast and goats' cheese filo parcels with red onion marmalade and roasted cherry tomatoes for dinner.
The children made Mary Berry's Christmas Cake In a Bag...they did it mostly without my help too! We'll cut it tomorrow and see what it tastes like! It smells delicious. Served of course, the true Yorkshire way, with a slice of Wensleydale cheese.
My Christmas papercut.
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