Planning my annual Xmas party--can't decide between the Stilton tart or the Apple Crisp brie?
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Ours is more cocktail party fare with some dinner items, but I'm also including a menu for you smileys/smile.gif
Why not go old school--since you're having your big dinner on the 27th, an old fashioned Christmas menu might be super easy for you--there are a lot of do-ahead items...
Old School Christmas
Seafood salad?
Ravioli
Pat’s salad
Ham or smoked turkey
Scalloped potatoes and/or
Sweet potato galette
String beans Almondine
Corn casserole
Roasted carrots and parsnips
biscuits or rolls with home made butters
Cocktail Party
Cold
Seafood Salad:
Smoked salmon spirals
Caprese skewers
Caponata/crostini
Pickled Asparagus spears:
Spiced olives:
Hummus/pita chips
Tomato Almond dip
Mexican bean dip
Olive Focaccia
Rooster cheddar crackers
Prosciutto/truffle butter grissini
Roasted Pear crostini
Stuffed peppadews
Stilton tart/cranberry relish or Apple Crisp Brie
Dips & Nuts
Cheddar Bacon
Fig Tapenade with goat cheese
Union Square bar nuts
Spicy mixed nuts
Platters:
Sushi platter
Cheese plate
Hot:
Filet/horseradish sauce/pretzel rolls
Mini mac and cheese:
Panko chicken/apricot sauce
Potato wedges/green goddess dip
Drinks
Champagne Cosmopolitan cocktail pitcher
Bloody Mary Pitcher
Holiday Sangria
Dessert buffet
Fruit platter
Biscotti
Mint JoJo (oreo) truffles
Cheesecake
Chocolate cake
Assorted Xmas cookies
Why not go old school--since you're having your big dinner on the 27th, an old fashioned Christmas menu might be super easy for you--there are a lot of do-ahead items...
Old School Christmas
Seafood salad?
Ravioli
Pat’s salad
Ham or smoked turkey
Scalloped potatoes and/or
Sweet potato galette
String beans Almondine
Corn casserole
Roasted carrots and parsnips
biscuits or rolls with home made butters
Cocktail Party
Cold
Seafood Salad:
Smoked salmon spirals
Caprese skewers
Caponata/crostini
Pickled Asparagus spears:
Spiced olives:
Hummus/pita chips
Tomato Almond dip
Mexican bean dip
Olive Focaccia
Rooster cheddar crackers
Prosciutto/truffle butter grissini
Roasted Pear crostini
Stuffed peppadews
Stilton tart/cranberry relish or Apple Crisp Brie
Dips & Nuts
Cheddar Bacon
Fig Tapenade with goat cheese
Union Square bar nuts
Spicy mixed nuts
Platters:
Sushi platter
Cheese plate
Hot:
Filet/horseradish sauce/pretzel rolls
Mini mac and cheese:
Panko chicken/apricot sauce
Potato wedges/green goddess dip
Drinks
Champagne Cosmopolitan cocktail pitcher
Bloody Mary Pitcher
Holiday Sangria
Dessert buffet
Fruit platter
Biscotti
Mint JoJo (oreo) truffles
Cheesecake
Chocolate cake
Assorted Xmas cookies
Stilton tart--Traca &Richard, Aple Crisp Brie--Pat NoCal
Apple Crisp Brie
Ingredients
1 round (16 oz) Brie cheese
2 cups old-fashioned oats
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups raw pecans
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 small to medium red apples, chopped
Crackers or toasted bread, as desired
Directions
1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 10- to 12-inch round pie plate or baking dish with shortening or cooking spray.
2 Place round of Brie in middle of pie plate.
3 In medium bowl, mix oats, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon and pecans. Add butter, and use your hands to incorporate softened butter into dry mixture. (You just want everything to be moist.) Mix in apples.
4 Spread apple mixture over top of Brie and around sides.
5 Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until the crisp topping is browned. Serve hot with crackers or toasted bread.
Stilton Cranberry Tart
Ingredients
•Pastry dough
•1 cup heavy cream
•1 whole large egg
•2 large egg yolks
•1/4 teaspoon salt
•1/4 teaspoon black pepper
•5 oz chilled Stilton, rind removed and cheese crumbled (1 1/2 cups)
•Accompaniment: cranberry chutney
Special equipment: a 13 1/2- by 4- by 1-inch rectangular fluted tart pan with a removable bottom
pie weights or raw rice
Make tart shell:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin into a 17- by 8-inch rectangle and fit into tart pan. Trim excess dough, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang, then fold overhang inward and press against side of pan to reinforce edge. Lightly prick bottom and sides all over with a fork. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
Line pastry shell with foil and fill with pie weights. Bake in middle of oven 20 minutes, then carefully remove foil and weights and bake until golden, 10 to 15 minutes more. Cool shell in pan 20 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
Make filling:
Whisk together cream, whole egg, yolks, salt, and pepper until combined.
Put tart shell (still in pan) on a baking sheet and scatter cheese evenly in shell. Slowly pour custard into shell and bake in middle of oven until golden around edge and custard is just set, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool tart completely in pan on a rack.
Cut tart into 32 rectangles and serve at room temperature, topped with chutney.
• Tart can be made in an 81/2- by 1-inch round fluted tart pan with a removable bottom instead of in a rectangular one. • Tart can be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat before serving
Apple Crisp Brie
Ingredients
1 round (16 oz) Brie cheese
2 cups old-fashioned oats
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups raw pecans
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 small to medium red apples, chopped
Crackers or toasted bread, as desired
Directions
1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 10- to 12-inch round pie plate or baking dish with shortening or cooking spray.
2 Place round of Brie in middle of pie plate.
3 In medium bowl, mix oats, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon and pecans. Add butter, and use your hands to incorporate softened butter into dry mixture. (You just want everything to be moist.) Mix in apples.
4 Spread apple mixture over top of Brie and around sides.
5 Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until the crisp topping is browned. Serve hot with crackers or toasted bread.
Stilton Cranberry Tart
Ingredients
•Pastry dough
•1 cup heavy cream
•1 whole large egg
•2 large egg yolks
•1/4 teaspoon salt
•1/4 teaspoon black pepper
•5 oz chilled Stilton, rind removed and cheese crumbled (1 1/2 cups)
•Accompaniment: cranberry chutney
Special equipment: a 13 1/2- by 4- by 1-inch rectangular fluted tart pan with a removable bottom
pie weights or raw rice
Make tart shell:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin into a 17- by 8-inch rectangle and fit into tart pan. Trim excess dough, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang, then fold overhang inward and press against side of pan to reinforce edge. Lightly prick bottom and sides all over with a fork. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
Line pastry shell with foil and fill with pie weights. Bake in middle of oven 20 minutes, then carefully remove foil and weights and bake until golden, 10 to 15 minutes more. Cool shell in pan 20 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
Make filling:
Whisk together cream, whole egg, yolks, salt, and pepper until combined.
Put tart shell (still in pan) on a baking sheet and scatter cheese evenly in shell. Slowly pour custard into shell and bake in middle of oven until golden around edge and custard is just set, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool tart completely in pan on a rack.
Cut tart into 32 rectangles and serve at room temperature, topped with chutney.
• Tart can be made in an 81/2- by 1-inch round fluted tart pan with a removable bottom instead of in a rectangular one. • Tart can be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat before serving
mariadnoca
Moderator
Here is what I've done for Xmas Eve in the past...
Pork Tenderloin with Balsamic-Cranberry Sauce
http://eat.at/swap/forum/index.php?action=display&forumid=1&msgid=68 (this is also in T&T)
Beef Tenderloin with Roasted Shallots, Bacon and Port
http://eat.at/swap/forum/index.php?action=display&forumid=1&msgid=67
Roast Prime Rib Au Poivré
http://eat.at/swap/forum1/70_
All are also listed in the thread I've linked to.
http://eat.at/swap/forum1/24_ISO_festive_but_fast_dinner_ideas_for_Christmas_Eve
Pork Tenderloin with Balsamic-Cranberry Sauce
http://eat.at/swap/forum/index.php?action=display&forumid=1&msgid=68 (this is also in T&T)
Beef Tenderloin with Roasted Shallots, Bacon and Port
http://eat.at/swap/forum/index.php?action=display&forumid=1&msgid=67
Roast Prime Rib Au Poivré
http://eat.at/swap/forum1/70_
All are also listed in the thread I've linked to.
http://eat.at/swap/forum1/24_ISO_festive_but_fast_dinner_ideas_for_Christmas_Eve
From Cocktail party on down, not both smileys/smile.gif I start early, and just keep going!
Yesterday, I made the nuts, fig tapenade, caponata, rooster crackers, the truffle butter for grissini, the syrup for the sangria, the cosmo mix (hard alcohol) chill in fridge, then I add the cranberry juice and champagne last minute.
This year I'm taking Friday off and the party is Saturday. smileys/smile.gif
We have friends coming from out of state, arriving Sat. so that will add extra work, but well worth it! (with any luck, they'll be able to pitch in for appy assembly--that's where I always get hung up with last minute/not allowing enough time for that, but I'm getting better each year smileys/smile.gif
Thanks to everyone here! smileys/smile.gif
Yesterday, I made the nuts, fig tapenade, caponata, rooster crackers, the truffle butter for grissini, the syrup for the sangria, the cosmo mix (hard alcohol) chill in fridge, then I add the cranberry juice and champagne last minute.
This year I'm taking Friday off and the party is Saturday. smileys/smile.gif
We have friends coming from out of state, arriving Sat. so that will add extra work, but well worth it! (with any luck, they'll be able to pitch in for appy assembly--that's where I always get hung up with last minute/not allowing enough time for that, but I'm getting better each year smileys/smile.gif
Thanks to everyone here! smileys/smile.gif
Last night, My friend hosted a big party for her neighborhood; she worked hard, all day. I checked
in w/ her this am. She said she feels like she spent a day at Disney. So absolutely exhausted, but very happy. .... But needs a nap,..... And absolutely worn out. Similar to a Disney experience. : )
in w/ her this am. She said she feels like she spent a day at Disney. So absolutely exhausted, but very happy. .... But needs a nap,..... And absolutely worn out. Similar to a Disney experience. : )
Oh Mo! With a menu like that, Charlie may even come home to his old stomping ground. We have
sources. How many Mo's are there in NJ? : )
Have a great party! Wear comfy shoes for prep. How many people come? I am not good with Big cocktail parties. It sounds like you have this down to a science.
Look forward to hearing how it went!!!
Best,
Barb
sources. How many Mo's are there in NJ? : )
Have a great party! Wear comfy shoes for prep. How many people come? I am not good with Big cocktail parties. It sounds like you have this down to a science.
Look forward to hearing how it went!!!
Best,
Barb
richard-in-cincy
Well-known member
Mo re: cranberry relish holding up in oven....
I baked the tart, cut, then topped with the (well drained) cranberry relish, which isn't cooked. Cooking or baking it would destroy the essence of the cranberry relish.
Enjoy!
I baked the tart, cut, then topped with the (well drained) cranberry relish, which isn't cooked. Cooking or baking it would destroy the essence of the cranberry relish.
Enjoy!