Christmas Cookbook: The Great and Delicious Recipes for Christmas, Mains Sides Salads Appetizers Desserts and Beverages

By Stephen G.J.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday. Are you looking for great Christmas recipes to share with your family and friends this holiday season?

Celebrate your Christmas and holiday season with this festive, deliciously and easy Christmas Cookbook to impress the entire family with tasty foods!

This Christmas Cookbook is perfect for gifting and simple enough to sweeten any occasion includes with various dishes of;

- Main Dishes

- Side Dishes

- Salads

- Appetizers

- Desserts

- Beverages and much more

Download Now and enjoy celebrating your Christmas and Holiday.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stephen G.J.
• Release date: Nov 26, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393001232

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Christmas Cookbook

The Great and Delicious Recipes

for Christmas: Mains Sides Salads Appetizers Desserts and Beverages

Stephen G.J.

Copyright © 2020 by Stephen G.J.

All right reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise – except for brief quotation in printed reviews without the prior written permission of the publisher or the author.

CONTENT

Main and Side Dishes

Traditional Roast Turkey

Christmas Beer Glazed Ham

Seafood Pie with Stilton

Roasted Goose

Stuffed Beef Tenderloin with Merlot Sauce

Poached Eggs with Spinach & Cheddar

Lobsters and a Buttery Tarragon Foam

Chestnut and Pancetta Soup

Yorkshire Pudding

Wheat Porridge

Herb Garlic Roadhouse Rolls

Cranberry Puree

Spicy Peas

Salad and Appetizers

Wilted Spinach Salad

Balsamic Kale and Strawberry Salad

Apple and Beet Celery Root Salad

Holiday Romaine Salad

Leek, Bean, Tomato and Roquefort Salad

Crab Bites

Festive Cream Soup

Leek and Goat’s Cheese Tartlets

Stuffed Mini Sweet Peppers

Roasted figs and Greens with a Raspberry Vinaigrette

Baked Figs with Gorgonzola

Fire-Roasted Tomato and Olive Bruschetta

Foie Gras in Phyllo Cups

Desserts and Beverages

Apple Pie

Apple Cranberry Pie

Red Velvet Cheesecakes

Pear and Ginger Bundt Cake

Christmas Pavlova

Cranberry Mousse

Reindeer Cookies

Pomegranate Orange Sangria

Sparkling Christmas Sippers

Pomegranate-Ginger Prosecco Cocktails

Bourbon-Maple Eggnog

Eggnog Toffee Milkshakes

Main and Side Dishes

Traditional Roast Turkey

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For many families, this magnificent bird is the centerpiece of the festive meal, usually served with roast potatoes, rich gravy and Brussels sprouts.

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 3 hours 15 minutes plus standing

Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients:

1 oven-ready turkey, 11 lb.

1 garlic clove, finely chopped

3½ ounces red wine

2¾ ounces butter

seasonal vegetables, to serve

stuffing

3½ ounces button mushrooms, chopped

1 onion, chopped

1 garlic clove, chopped

3 ounces butter

3½ ounces fresh breadcrumbs

2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh sage

1 tablespoon lemon juice

salt and pepper (optional)

port & cranberry sauce

3½ ounces sugar

9 ounces port

6 ounces fresh cranberries

Directions: 

Preheat the oven to 400°F, Gas Mark 6.

To make the stuffing, put the mushrooms in a saucepan with the onion, garlic and butter and cook for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining stuffing ingredients. Fill the neck end of the turkey with the stuffing and truss with string.

Put the turkey in a roasting tin. Rub the garlic over the bird and pour the wine over. Add the butter and roast in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Baste, then reduce the temperature to 350°F/Gas Mark 4 and roast for a further 40 minutes. Baste again and cover with foil. Roast for a further 2 hours, basting regularly. Check that the bird is cooked by inserting a knife between the legs and body. If the juices run clear,