老何的耶誕節又到了, 今年老何很賣力, 親手做了低脂, 低糖什錦水果酥餅和Christmas pudding.
這是我們成家後的第三個耶誕節, 胸有成竹的我們, 在節日前兩週開始製作甜點, 佈置耶誕裝飾, 前一週擬好耶誕菜單, 前一天把所有未採買的食材購齊.
我們這兩隻驕傲的兔子, 耶誕節當天, 睡得飽飽才起床, 吃了個長長的早餐, 好整以暇地拆禮物後, 才緩緩進入廚房準備耶誕餐, 如此拖拉的結果便是下午四點才有耶誕大餐可吃.
慶幸的是今年第一次嘗試的烤火雞十分成功, 皮脆肉嫩, 我想事先將火雞以鹵水浸泡是成功重點之一 (食譜請見此文最下方).
這隻近四公斤的火雞, 我們當天只吃了半邊雞胸的三分之二, 其他的部份如何處理呢?
Andy 在隔天再度發揮大英帝國子民與生俱來的烘焙技能, 做了 Boxing Day Pie , 把部份火雞肉, 跟剩餘的烤馬鈴薯, 烤橄欖菜芽, 都丟進派裡烤了. (食譜請見此文最下方)
再來又吃了火雞肉沙拉, 火雞肉三明治, 大部份的火雞便差不多解決了, 僅剩一小部份, 放進冷凍庫當備菜.
火雞架子熬了兩公升的高湯, 也進了冷凍庫備用 - 家規第一條: 不浪費食物!
經過這密集的火雞料理後, 何家廚房再有火雞出現的機會應該是一年後了...
After practice from the past 2 Christmases this big event is no longer a task to Family H.
We worked on Christmas decorations 2 weeks before the holiday, fixed the Christmas menu a week ahead, and finished off all the shopping by 24Dec.
However, on Christmas Day, we had probably taken it too easy before heading to the kitchen to prepare meal. We had a late breakfast, took quite some time to unwrap the presents, read the cards, and played around with our Christmas present - coffee bean grinder - we ended up having our Christmas lunch at 4pm..., fortunately it was A successful meal!
The Christmas menu of 2013 was:
Tiger Prawn with peach salsa and crushed macadamia nuts
Roasted turkey with brown and white sauce
Potato gratin
Roasted Brussels sprouts and apple with walnuts
Home made Christmas pudding
Cheese selection
* please see recipt source at the bottom of this post *
The prawns were very fresh and went well with fragrant peach salsa, the turkey was tender and juicy. Andy made some white sauce to go with the turkey, which was a thumbs up.
The healthy Christmas pudding was made with almond meal and dates, which was much lighter than the traditional pudding, the accidity of chunky appricot balanced the sweetness of the dates.
We ate 2/3 of half a turkey breast, what did we do with the rest of the turkey?
Andy used part of the meat, left-over of potato gratin and Brussels sprouts to make a Boxing Day Pie, following the recipie of celebrity baker, Paul Hollywood.
We finished most of the left over with turkey salad, turkey sandwich in the following days.
With the turkey bones we had made 2 litres of stock for future use. House rule no.1 - Don't waste food!
After the turkey feast, we shall not see a turkey menu for quite a long time.
Merry Christmas and Happy 2014 to everyone!
送火雞進烤箱前必須好 善待牠.
Massaging the turkey before roasting
近 3 個小時的烘烤期間, 定時淋高湯保溼
Basting turkey every 30mins
兩人耶誕餐完成, 雖然已經很晚了...
Our 3rd Christmas meal was again successfully done, although it's late...
隔天很認真的做了火雞派
Making Boxing Day Pie
老何的第一個火雞派就這麼輕鬆地完成了...
Voila! there is the first Boxing Day Pie from pastry chef of Family H.
雖然都是剩菜, 但烤肉跟奶油馬鈴薯, 烤蔬菜一起在派皮裡悶烤,
又是一種不同的滋味.
The pie didn't last long as it was full of flavour with
a bit of left over from each dish.
Menu receipts:
Tiger Prawn with peach salsa and crushed macadamia nuts
(recipe: www.goodfood.com.au/good-food/christmas-feasts/macadamia-recipes-grilled-prawns-with-lime-and-queensland-cake-20131216-2zfs5.html)
Roasted turkey
(recipe: http://thebigoldsmoke.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/blog-post_26.html)
Potato gratin
(recipe: www.goodfood.com.au/good-food/cook/recipe/gratin-dauphionois-20131223-2zu89.html)
Roasted Brussels sprouts and apple with walnuts
(recipe: http://ohmyveggies.com/recipe-roasted-brussels-sprouts-apples)
Home made Christmas pudding
(recipe: www.thehealthychef.com/2013/12/gluten-free-healthy-christmas-pudding)
Boxing Day Pie
(recipe: www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/hand-raised_boxing_day_84945)
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