Show us your festive cooking

[abeyptfc]

Sorry to hi-jack this thread but the wife's made a trifle to take to my daughters tomorrow but the jelly won't set, used 2 lots of gelatine, any ideas.

aye, Tesco is still open :lol:

 

[Vossy1]

:rofl: :rofl: ...so naughty
Has it cooled d...is it well mixed :hmm:

 

[dennisking]

:rofl: :rofl: ...so naughty
Has it cooled d...is it well mixed :hmm:

Yes, been cooled for couple of hours can't go to Tescos, waiting for the Chinese to be delivered. :)

 

[abeyptfc]

:rofl: :rofl: ...so naughty
Has it cooled d...is it well mixed :hmm:

Yes, been cooled for couple of hours can't go to Tescos, waiting for the Chinese to be delivered. :)

Dennis, its Christmas, the only answer is to add more booze!

 

[Vossy1]

Swimbo juts brought up the freshly fried and warm lardons for the chestnuts and sprouts tomorrow :shock: :shock: :shock: ...to a man who's been drinking.....salty nibbles...silly mistake :rofl: ...she's frying some more :lol:

 

[calumscott]

belting lattice work on the Turkey

Says the man with some pretty awesome bacon-latticing skills!!! :hat:

 

[Vossy1]

Not guilty gov...tis the better arf

 

[calumscott]

'Tis a damn good job that the court of dribble doesn't extend as far as Christmas dinner!!! :lol:

 

[Vossy1]

:rofl:

 

[Andy.H]

Been doing the cakey stuff for the family Xmas do today:

Choc chip cookies

Coconut tarts from the wife:

And my masterpiece... caramel cupcakes with a caramel icing topping, dusted with grated choc (and coffee wine in the background) :)

 

[calumscott]

The final festive fling... The slow cooker is about to have its contents disgorged into a big pie dish to be topped with puff pastry...

Diced shin of beef and lots of other goodies have been in there since five this morning!!!

I'm seriously hungry now...

 

[kev]

Here goes. I did beef wellington for Xmas dinner........

Mushroom duxelle cooking :

Red cabbage and apples cooking away :

Start of sauce - shallots, red wine, garlic, etc :

The fillet :

Seared and mustard applied :

Parma wrap number 1 :

Wrapped once then chilled :

Parma & duxelle added then wrapped in pastry :

Egg wash and decorate :

The finished wellington :

Cabbage and roasted veg :

Wellington sliced :

 

[tbert33]

Spot on Kev. Looks great!!!

 

[calumscott]

Nice one Kev! That looks bloody marvelous!

Here's tonight's pie finished...

...and we finished it, I'm stuffed!!

 

[alanywiseman.]

I don't have photos to show but I made a Sierra Nevada Porter (2 x 330ml)/ Thornbridge Saint Petersburg chilli. Took the recipe from The Home Brewed Chef but used 1kg beef and 1kg pork. It was Amazing!!!

This went with a Flying Dog Farmhouse IPA Guacomole and a Brooklyn Brown Ale caramelised onion sour cream

And of course plenty of beer :