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Christmas lunch from yesterday

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Your christmas lunch looks awesome. It took me a few attempts to master it, one big mistake i made at first was using beef gravy granules, i didnt think it would make any difference, but it makes the world of difference. Also took a few attempts to get roast potatoes right. But i finally got it nailed. I couldnt find a way to stuff the turkey with stuffing and smear it with butter without getting messy as fuck, you just have to roll your sleeves up and hope no one comes into the kitchen during the messy bits. At certain stages, like the carving, and dishing up, there's too much going on, too many pans on the go for one person to cope with everything, so you need some help.
 
Thanks MDB - It was pretty tasty. I made the gravy with the pan juices from the turkey mixed with some floor, wine, water from the cabbage etc. I don't use stuffing I just fill the cavity with a chopped up lemon, and some garlic (which I smash up to make the gravy).

I did make a spicy butter which I stuffed under the skin - no easy or clean way of doing it unfortunately but really worth it.

Thankfully the Bubble n Squeak was a lot easier to make.
 
awesome photos as always!

sadly i was too cought up in the hosting and drinking for xmas to do any proper pics :( im also a bit shy on picmaking and posting on this forum, but mark may words, one of these days! :P

how do you make spicy butter?
 
kingme said:
awesome photos as always!

sadly i was too cought up in the hosting and drinking for xmas to do any proper pics :( im also a bit shy on picmaking and posting on this forum, but mark may words, one of these days! :P

how do you make spicy butter?
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Post your pics anyway - it's what you ate, not how nice it looked. I took a photo of cheese on toast a while back - was a great photo (was still cheese on toast though).

I warmed just over a qtr block of butter in the microwave so it was pliable but not runny. Added chili powder, pepper, finely chopped up coriander and fajita seasoning to it. (You can freeze it after you make it - so when your in cooking mode make two lots (one pack of butter) - garlic/herb - spicy. Roll it into sausage shapes and freeze it in cling film -when your grilling, roasting etc take the butter out, slice some off and add it to whatever your cooking.) Mashed it all together - lifted the skin up around the breasts and filled that pocket with the butter. As I filled the cavity of the Turkey with Garlic and Lemon the whole Turkey had lovely taste about it - and the juices that ran from the bird when cooking were used in making the gravy :).

Had Turkey sandwiches for lunch today :D
 
I'm eating "Kalamata, green olives and feta". I don't know what Kalamata is but it's very tasty :)

edit: it's a city in greece. I'd have thought it would be crunchier.
 
Lol

Just robbed a handful of Quality Street and some white chocolate peanut butter cups. Shortly I will be raiding the Secret Christmas Freezer which I only just learned exists and then food coma-ing myself to sleep
 
Toblerone 'bits' (toblerone cut into bite size pieces individually wrapped and x3 times the price).

Was eating a first for me last night - was a 'blue' cheese but sort of a mix between Cambert and Gorgonzola. I bought a slice - was lovely wish I had got a bigger slice :D. Got another blue cheese for tonight - going to slice up a (nishi) pear, top with said cheese n grill it :).
 
All the left over turkey and cabbage stir fried with a lot of garlic n chili -just as that was starting to cook a handful of peas was added and then topped with a pan full of the bubble n squeak.

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homemade burger n chips with peas and curry sauce for dinner tonight. had big fry up for brekkie and being eating chocolate and crisps all day.
 
Craving chocolate but not enough to get off my arse and hunt some down. My larder has cocoa in it and many other baking ingredients - a cake could be arranged, however lurking in my freezer is one last portion of mint choc ice cream! woo hoo instant gratification.
 
It's traditional to do a steak (n' link aka sausages) pie for new year here. I was all psyched up to deliver on the expectation but went with a roast duck instead 8( (one rebels where one can ;))

Never cooked a whole duck before. Bless they are fat bastards :D Best roast tatties ever.

Oven is a right mess, never seen it so greasy!
 
Recently returned from munching roast lamb, Yorkie puds, peas, broccoli and red cabbage (of which I suspect Ms Kate will be approving). No roast tatties for some reason but the rest was tasty. MamaSham's fella does a cracking roast so he does :)
 
And a "yummi" straight back atcha, Nick. Can't beat a homemade burger - especially when hungover :D

And yes, I've been rather well fed for a change this year. Plenty vittles wiv actual vittles in. And chocolate. Lots of chocolate. Chocolate <3
 
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