Holiday Food
December 22, 2008
This year, we’ve opted to have both a Christmas Eve cocktail party for 28 and Christmas dinner for 14. It somehow seemed simpler to host two events back to back instead of spreading them apart.
So I’ve been baking for two weeks and started preliminary food prep today. Christmas Eve’s menu will be hors d’oeuvres and sweets:
- caramelized onion tartlets
- roasted dates stuffed with goat cheese
- cucumbers and smoked salmon with lime aioli
- mini quiches (a frozen cop-out)
- grilled shrimp skewers with a chipotle dipping sauce
- cheese and salami platter
- mozzarella/grape tomato/basil skewers
- olives with orange and marjoram
- an assortment of crackers
- Italian ricotta cake
- ginger cookies
- orange-almond biscotti
- oatmeal cookies with cranberries, pecans, coconut, and white chocolate
- devils food mini cupcakes with peppermint frosting (courtesy of my friend Carolyn)
Christmas is easy, because every year I make lasagne. I can prepare it in advance, and then I actually get to enjoy my guests instead of hanging out in the kitchen. All I have to do is whip up a salad and warm a couple of baguettes in the oven.
This is hardly a blog post…more like my to-do list for the next 48 hours.
Cheers!
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morethananelectrician | December 22, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Yikes! I would definitely be hiding on the roof if I had this in front of me. The real story is how did this whole thing come about.
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elle | December 22, 2008 at 11:21 pm
We had friends who always hosted a Christmas Eve party, and then they up and moved to New Zealand. A new tradition was in order, so there I was…inviting people…planning a menu that kept growing (No, no! 45 mini quiches are NOT enough for 28 people…I need to buy 90!)…burning CDs that range from Perry Como to Brian Crain…decorating the house (but not so it looks like a Victorian B&B). Tonight I’m caramelizing four million onions….