Festive Punch (Christmas) December 24, 2015
Posted by Pam R in Recipes.Tags: Christmas, drink, pam, recipe
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This was one of the drinks for the Christmas dinner. This was a mixture of a couple of recipes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 1.5 cups pomegranate juice
- 2 cups ginger ale
Christmas December 24, 2015
Posted by andrewescott in Dinners.Tags: Christmas, dinner, franca, pam
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On Monday 14th December, we had our traditional Christmas-themed get together. Unlike previous years, where we solely made Christmas sweets and nibblies, this was a full Christmas dinner. Franca hosted, and cooked together with Pam.
Entré and Drinks
To help get us into the Christmas spirit(s), Pam served some appropriate drinks: a festive punch and Christmas pudding vodka. A little while after, we then begun the meal proper with Franca’s watermelon and fetta salad (note how the melon is in the shape of stars).
Mains
The main course was a joint affair. Pam made a delicious roast pork belly, and Franca made us garlic bread, roast lamb and a mulled wine gravy.
Dessert
To conclude, Franca served up a pumpkin-spice cheese cake, and Pam presented us with a passionfruit, lychee and coconut yule log.
Frozen Champagne Mousse With Mini-Meringues, Champagne Truffles and Orange Segments (Champagne) December 23, 2015
Posted by cint77 in Recipes.Tags: champagne, dessert, Jacinta
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This dessert platter was the final part of the Champagne Dinner.
Meringues
The recipe is based on Nigella’s basic meringue.
I added approx 1 tbsp of finely grated orange zest after all the sugar had been incorporated. I also piped mine onto trays rather than using a spoon. These meringues were the best part of the dessert and I will make again.
Champagne Mousse
The recipe comes from SprinkleBakes blog.
I didn’t love the texture. Probably wouldn’t make again or if I did I wouldn’t freeze it.
Champagne Truffles
The recipe is from Martha Stewart.
I replaced cognac with Cointreau. I also found that the truffles kept absorbing the sugar so they didn’t look as lovely as those on the web – tasted good though!
Champagne Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting (Champagne) December 23, 2015
Posted by cint77 in Recipes.Tags: champagne, dessert, Jacinta
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This was part of the dessert in the Champagne dinner.
I looked at heaps of recipes online for these cupcakes but this was the one I settled on because it used whole eggs rather than egg whites. I also made it with gluten free flour. The batter looked and smelled delicious but they were pretty hard and dense and not light and fluffy like I had hoped once they were cooked – perhaps that’s why most other recipes used egg whites or perhaps it was the gluten free flour. Either way, I’m not in a rush to make these again.
Champagne December 23, 2015
Posted by andrewescott in Dinners.Tags: champagne, dinner, Jacinta, laura
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On Monday 2nd November (the night before the Melbourne Cup), Laura hosted the Champagne dinner. Laura did the savoury courses and Jacinta made the sweet ones.
Entré
To begin the meal, Laura served us champagne chicken liver pate, and Nigella’s champagne risotto.
Main
Laura’s main course was chicken with champagne and mushroom sauce and a delicious champagne and strawberry salad.
Dessert
To conclude the meal, Jacinta made champagne cupcakes with strawberry frosting and a dessert platter of frozen champagne mousse with mini meringues and truffles.
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