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12-23-2007, 09:47 PM
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So, what's everyone making for company or bringing with them to dinner this year?
I am making a really unhealthy breakfast casserole for everyone to eat on Christmas day that involves eggs, mushrooms, spinach, sausage, cheese, bread crumbs, onions, butter and such.
I am also making Apple, Honey and Goat Cheese tart things I saw on Epicurious:
2 17.3-ounce packages frozen
puff pastry (4 sheets), thawed
1 egg, beaten to blend
6 ounces soft fresh goat cheese
(about 3/4 cup packed)
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
¼ teaspoon coarse kosher salt
3 medium Gala apples, peeled,
quartered, cored, cut
into 1/8-inch-thick slices
3 tablespoons unsalted butter,
melted
¾ cup honey (preferably dark),
divided
½ teaspoon (scant) ground
allspice
Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with
parchment paper. Roll out each puff
pastry sheet on lightly floured surface to
11-inch square. Using 5-inch-diameter
cookie cutter or bowl, cut out 4 rounds
from each pastry sheet, forming 16
rounds total. Divide 8 pastry rounds
between prepared baking sheets;
pierce rounds all over with fork. Using
3 1/2-inch-diameter cookie cutter or
bowl, cut out smaller rounds from
center of remaining 8 rounds (reserve
3 1/2-inch rounds for another use),
forming eight 5-inch-diameter rings.
Brush outer 1-inch edges of 5-inch
rounds on baking sheets with beaten
egg; top each with 1 pastry ring. Freeze
at least 30 minutes.
DO AHEAD: Can
be made 1 day ahead. Cover and keep
frozen. Do not thaw before continuing.
Preheat oven to 375F. Mix cheese,
lemon juice, and salt in bowl; spread
mixture inside rings on frozen pastry
rounds. Overlap apple slices atop cheese.
Mix butter and 1/4 cup honey in small
bowl; brush over apples. Sprinkle with
allspice. Bake until apples are tender and
pastry is golden, about 35 minutes.
Place tartlets on plates. Drizzle 1
tablespoon honey over each and serve
warm or at room temperature.
Planning tip:
Bake the tartlets
four to six hours ahead, then store
them uncovered at room temperature.
Rewarm in a 350F oven for five to ten
minutes. Drizzle tartlets with honey just
before serving. |
12-23-2007, 09:52 PM
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Ham for SIL's house. Buy ham. Stick ham in oven. Heat.
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12-23-2007, 09:57 PM
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No one coming over, we're going no where.
Meatballs on Christmas Eve (traditional), brisket on Christmas Day (Jeremy's request, not traditional, but I guess it could become.)
Plus I feel like kaka so there won't be much holly-jollying around here.
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12-23-2007, 10:18 PM
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I'm going to Gloustah!
I'm doing fettucine alfredo and I'm working on safe cutouts and Rice Krispy treats for the boys. |
12-23-2007, 10:38 PM
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Apple crisp on Christmas eve to take to the Bratzels- but dang, that apple/goat cheese tart sounds yummy!
Christmas day we are going nowhere, sitting around and enjoying kids, cats etc. And watching movies, playing new board games, watching the $%@!! freezing rain that's predicted.  |
12-23-2007, 10:41 PM
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Chinese food and a movie.
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12-23-2007, 10:42 PM
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LMAO Sara. Isn't that cliche? |
12-23-2007, 10:42 PM
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Quote: taurusmoon said
 Chinese food and a movie. | 
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12-23-2007, 10:47 PM
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Actually, I'm making baked sodium (aka smoked ham). My goyishe guy put in his request.
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12-23-2007, 11:01 PM
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I've offered to cook my mother's Xmas eve dinner, whatever she wants it to be. She told me she doesn't want me to work, just come over. She's cooking Xmas dinner too. Same as with Thanksgiving, she won't let me bring anything. If I make something, it will only be a duplicate of something she's doing, and will be more of a problem than a help.
She has to work xmas eve, and I took the day off... if I'm gonna pitch in, god knows my day off was the day I'd want to do it on... oh well. |
12-23-2007, 11:14 PM
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I still haven't figured out what tomorrow's menu will be! ACK!
For Christmas, we are having leg of lamb, roasted potatoes, mashed potatoes, spanakopita, pasticcio and green beans.
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12-23-2007, 11:24 PM
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Quote: cristina1 said
I still haven't figured out what tomorrow's menu will be! ACK!
For Christmas, we are having leg of lamb, roasted potatoes, mashed potatoes, spanakopita, pasticcio and green beans. |
I didn't know that my former in-laws were catering your meal. That's their menu every single year. Except they usually substitute ham for the pastichio.
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12-23-2007, 11:35 PM
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Tina, can I come over? You guys can enjoy the leg of lamb, but I want to sample all the rest! |
12-23-2007, 11:36 PM
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mmmmmmm, Spanikopita.  |
12-23-2007, 11:47 PM
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Quote: taurusmoon said
I didn't know that my former in-laws were catering your meal. That's their menu every single year. Except they usually substitute ham for the pastichio.
καλή όρεξη! | That's our traditional menu when my parents are around. When I'm on my own, I do turkey. LOL
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12-23-2007, 11:48 PM
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Tina, can I come over? You guys can enjoy the leg of lamb, but I want to sample all the rest! | Come on over! My parents are making the menu, and they are nervous that Jay's family won't eat any of it. LOL
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12-23-2007, 11:54 PM
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How can anyone NOT like Spanokopita? |
12-23-2007, 11:58 PM
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Jay;s family is from Oklahoma - if it isn't covered in gravy, it's cause for suspicion.
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12-23-2007, 11:59 PM
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point out that it's cheese. and a bread-like substance. and butter. Just ignore the green stuff.  |
12-24-2007, 12:11 AM
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Well, if they don't eat it, it's more for me. I can live on that stuff! LOL
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12-24-2007, 12:15 AM
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Quote: cristina1 said
Come on over! My parents are making the menu, and they are nervous that Jay's family won't eat any of it. LOL | If it's any consolation, I hate feta, and I love spanakopita. Tell them that they're eating "cheese and veggie appetizers", and "greek macaroni and cheese with beef."
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12-24-2007, 12:17 AM
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I'm not too worried about it, either. I am making regular meatballs just in case, and we'll have a ton of appetizers, so they won't starve, but they need to at least try the ethnic dishes.
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12-24-2007, 08:54 AM
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An apple infused grilled pork tenderloin, a mashed twice-baked like potato and I'll figure out the rest before serving this afternoon. | |
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