Our Christmas
29 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
in Life's little extras, Pork or Ham, Puds Tags: Aldens, Christmas, gammon, Heston Christmas pudding, sticky toffee pudding, turkey
We’ve just had an amazing family Christmas, four days of eating,drinking and being merry!
This year I abandoned Waitrose and bought the turkey from Aldens in Oxford. It was the tastiest free range Bronze turkey bred locally at Staveall Farm in Thame. I only discovered Alden’s recently but I will definitely be a regular customer – they also own my favourite Fishmarket.
I was sucked in by the hype and went for the Heston Christmas pudding with candied orange and boy, was it worth it! The pudding fans decared it the best ever! For non Xmas pud eaters I made my famous STP’s.
Boxing Day we had a huge Cranberry and Orange Glazed Gammon with Dauphinoise potatoes and two more of my favourite puds – Apricot and Almond Cake, moist and gooey with its hidden layer of marzipan and a Lemon Meringue Cake with a sharp lemon curd and soft cheese filling.
As is the custom, my daughter provided the buffet trolley with a selection of mini quiches, crisps and nibbles. Champagne was accompanied by smoked salmon blinis. Just in case anyone felt a little peckish later on daughter had made the most deliciously moreish florentines and husbands, who has mastered perfect pastry, made a tray of beautifully decorated mince pies. Yes, I know goldfish aren’t what you’d expect on a mince pie but I’m sure they’re lucky!
(pics to follow soon)
