Christmas Menu 2022 / Christmas Dinner 2022

Dear users, dear designers,
what are you eating for Christmas this year?

That’s a very good question.
We’re hosting at our place, and we’ll only find out pretty last-minute who’s coming.
We’ll probably make goulash. It’s easy to portion out, delicious, and fairly quick to make.

Alternatively, raclette. Everyone else here is a fan of that, but for me, it doesn’t really feel like a Christmas dish, to be honest :D 

We bought a pizza oven. Of course, my son-in-law (our chef) is now planning the Christmas menu around this oven. 

Pickled vegetables, cheese, figs wrapped in bacon, seafood salad, spreads. And to go with that, pizza rolls, focaccia, tarte flambée—that’s the general idea. 

We don’t know the exact details yet—but it’s definitely going to be super delicious 

Coffee:

On the 24th, probably “just” cookies. On the 25th: 1 Baumkuchen cake with a punch-cherry-fruit filling and chocolate buttercream, 1 cake or tart without chocolate (I’m still thinking about it—maybe something with coconut and raspberries). On the 26th, there will be plenty of leftovers.
Dinner:

On the 24th, we’re having (oil) fondue for 3 adults. In addition to various kinds of meat cut into strips, we’ll be deep-frying vegetables (mushrooms, broccoli) in beer batter.
On the 25th, the whole group gets together: roast beef, served with red cabbage and homemade bread dumpling dough baked in a loaf pan. There will be 6 of us adults.
On the 26th, I’ll make duck breast, lokše (Slovak potato pancakes), and probably almond broccoli for 3 adults.

If we still have room for dessert, we have some bofrost items in the freezer, and I’ll probably freeze a few chocolate soufflés beforehand as well.

We haven’t made plans for the 24th or 26th yet—we’ll be on our own those days, and on the 26th we’ll probably just have leftovers.
On the 25th, the family is coming over, and we’re planning to have raclette and a hot stone grill, since we all have pretty different tastes. That way, everyone can grill whatever they like best, and we can all sit together comfortably—perfect.

On the 24th, it’s just the two of us having cheese fondue (my husband requested it). On the 25th, we’ll pick up my mom from the nursing home in the late morning, and we’ll have goose legs (they’ve gotten so expensive—19.90 each, raw mind you,
and even our huge supermarket in Elmshorn only carries them by special order) with red cabbage and croquettes, followed by coffee and cookies in the afternoon. On the 26th, we’ll eat the leftovers...

I have absolutely no idea what we’ll be having on Christmas Eve, because we’ll be at our daughter’s house and I rarely find out what’s on the menu there.
On Christmas Day, I’m making a roast smoked pork neck with bread dumplings and red cabbage; for the second day of Christmas, I’m making a turkey thigh with buttered vegetables and rice.

Best regards, Inge

On the 24th, as always, I’ll be making a small cold buffet for us in the evening. We’ll have the leftovers for lunch on Christmas Day. In the evening, my mom has invited us all to a restaurant—so something Greek. For the second day of Christmas, we’ve decided to have a whole turkey again. With red cabbage and potatoes.  Dinner will be the usual. For coffee, anyone who wants some can have cookies. But often, no one wants any because it’s all just too much. 

Have you finished all your shopping?

Not quite yet. Tomorrow I’ll pick up the last few fresh items—meat and vegetables—and then I’ll have everything I need.