Xmas

Okay, just a basic photo post...
These are the appetisers that I made for Xmas eve

My secret sauce - Kecap Manis, Sesmae oil, toasted sesame seeds, frsh ginger, spring onion, mirin etc.

My Sashimi Tuna and avocado ceviche (lime marinated) spoons.

Sashimi Salmon spoons.

Prawn appetisers with lemon and dill sour cream mayonaise.

Smoked Salmon with fresh dill on a chive and cream cheese spread on fresh French stick.

Chocolate boxes for guests - White choc rum ball, dark choc rum ball, peanut butter cream, cherry brandy cream, ginger brandy cream, honey caramel, and plum pudding ball.

Xmas day left overs lunch. Only new dish is the eggs - made with lemon and dill sauce mixed with egg yolk, piped back in to egg whites and topped with caviar.

Glad it is over with for another year. I think I am going to save the 'foodie' stuff for dinner parties with friends and people who will actually eat it, or at least try it.

Christmas Eve

So, I *finally* finished the gifts in jars place settings. I changed the ribbon on the brownie jars as I think these look more "Christmasy".
I used pre bought tags, that we printed up the instructions on sticky labels and whacked them on.

I also got around to making the Christmas Pudding Balls - recipe on my cooking blog HERE

 

For Appetisers, I have changed my mind again. I will now be doing 

Fresh Prawn with Lemon Dill dipping sauce. ^ This, obviously, isn't it, but I like the presentation so will be 'borrowing' the idea.

Sahimi tuna with Mango Spoons (not cups as above). I will also be getitng a nice dark red tuna.

You can get the recipe above over at The Recipe Diva

 Tuna sashimi and Avocado Ceviche - I will be putting it in a chinese spoon.

Gifts in Jars - again

Okay, I am being super organised and have started making gifts in jars.

I have done half of the Christmas eve ones (the brownies in jars - see recipe a few posts back)), and I have done up some gift jars for my eldests kindy friends and kindy teacher.

I still have to print out the instructions for the jars. Am planning on doing them onto a gold (gold gold, not yellow) star so it will probably be on a white circle, lol.



Brownies - Not *too* different from the inspiration



Xmas Eve place setting gifts - Luckily I found some gold satin
and some burgundy and red ribbons with gold stars on
them laying around the house.



Kindy Kids gift jars - red, green and white Jelly beans or red, green and white M&Ms. The Green and white M&Ms are choc mint. The red M&Ms are actually Jaffas.



One Kindy Teacher is getting a brownie jar, the other will be getting a christmas cookie jar :)

Christmas

Just because I want to go completely overboard!

I am pretty sure I am going to do a version of cake pops for xmas for the kids - but instead of cake, I am just going to do chocolate truffles as it is easier. Bakerella did some beautiful ones.

I also want to do mini apples. BUT, do I do the caramel apples from Meet me in the kitchen ?

 or I could do the mini caramel apples at From glitter to gumdrops ?

OR should I do the mini chocolate apples from Zuppas ?

Which would you do?


I will be doing the appetisers for Xmas Eve dinner. So I think I have decided to do this

^Bread, Smoked Salmon, Salmon Roe, tiny bit of spanish onion and a shave of truffle (olive pictured but that is too phallic). Parsley to garnish

^Bread, Camembert, grapes and parsley to garnish.

 ^bread, ham and cucumber.

^bread, prawn, slice of lemon and aioli.