Festive recipes - 8 recipes
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Festive Savoury Palmiers

By selmastable, Selma's Table
Quick and easy savoury pastries
- 1 sheet of ready rolled puff pastry – they range from 320 g – 375 g depending on the brand.
- 300g of sausage meat – either de-skin some sausages, use sausage meat or at this time of year you can use some ready made festive stuffing
- 1 handful of chopped (cooked) chestnuts. Save the rest for the sprouts on Christmas Day.
- 1 finely chopped banana shallot or a medium onion
- 1 handful of dried cranberries
- 1 tsp chopped fresh thyme leaves stripped from their stalks
- 1 Tbsp chopped parsley
- salt and pepper
- 1 beaten egg for glazing
Roast turkey with baked apples

By piednoel lucie
The day before, add the truffle to the stuffing and stuff your turkey
- 500g fine pork stuffing,
- 1 tin of truffle peels,
- 1 turkey 3 to 4kg,
- 30g of fat (oil or butter),
- Salt & pepper
- 24 golden delicious apples,
- 1 lemon,
- 25 ml calvados,
- 50 ml creme fraiche,
- 1 bunch watercress.
Festive Mini Mince Pie Pastries

By selmastable, Selma's Table
A thin, crisp shortcrust base with a flaky, buttery, puff pastry top, encasing an orange scented little mouthful of...
- 1 x 375g sheet ready-rolled shortcrust pastry
- 1 x sheet of ready rolled puff pastry
- 300g jar of mincemeat
- Zest of one orange
- handful of dried cranberries and sour cherries
- 1 egg, beaten
- 100 g icing sugar sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
Chicken and mushrooms in a creamy champagne sauce

Ask your butcher to bone and cut each chicken into 5 pieces
- 2 chickens, 1.2 kgs each
- A dash of olive oil
- 30 g of butter
- 4 shallots
- salt, pepper
- 46 cl champagne.
- 250 g button mushrooms
- 30 g butter
- 1 tbsp cornstarch dissolved in as much water
- 250 g crème fraîche
- 250 g rice, cooked in water
Scallops on a bed of foie gras with ceps

By fabienne
Clean the cep mushroom with a cloth
- 1 large cep mushroom
- 1 scallop with its coral
- a slice of foie gras
- 1 small shallot
- 2 tblsp of olive oil
- Maldon sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp fresh low fat creme fraiche
- a sheet of brick pastry or filo pastry (optional)
Mint Chocolate Pots de Creme

By shaziawahid, Cutchi Kitchen
A smooth, velvety , creamy dessert that can be prepared well in advance - perfect for parties
- Double Cream - 180 ml (3/4 cup)
- Whole Milk - 240 ml (1 cup) + 60 ml (1/4 cup)
- Sugar - 80 g (1/3 cup)
- Milk Chocolate - 180 g (3/4 cup)
- Dark Chocolate - 100 g (1/2 cup)
- Vanilla - 1 teaspoon
- Mint essence - 1 teaspoon
- Corn Flour - 2 tablespoon
- For garnishing:
- Mint Leaves
- Whipped Cream
- Grated Chocolate
Festive Pig's Head

By simon betts
Not for the squeamish but a delicious centrepiece!!!
- 1/2 Pig's Head
- Salt
Festive French toast

By parnships, If The Choux Fits
A festive boozy take on the beloved French toast! Perfect breakfast for champions@
- Bread (I prefer thick slices)
- eggs (1 for each slice of bread)
- milk (1 tbsp for each egg)
- 2 tbsp brandy cream ( I used this portion for 3 slices of bread)
- Greek yogurt
- vanilla sugar
- honey
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