Christmas Dinner Thread

[ampersand]

Chicken breast stuffed with haggis is fantastic. Even better if you can manage a creamy whisky sauce to go with it.

[rabid]

just haggis though or would you shove anything else in with it?

got some cream and whiskey/brandy so sauce will be easy peasy.

[ampersand]

actually, i've always been meaning to try black pudding so i'll shove some of that in too!

[rachbon]

actually, i've always been meaning to try black pudding so i'll shove some of that in too!

[rabid]

you've never had black pudding? i think black pudding and haggis together would be a bit much.

[ampersand]

you've never had black pudding? i think black pudding and haggis together would be a bit much.

[Uncle Liam]

Shop bought?!??!

Homemade or not, what's the point in that stuff?

[rabid]

Like I said, Christmas dinner in this house is a battle. Between the flash, upmarket but convenient brigade led by my mother, and the lets do all things like Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall would led by me.

[rexclark]

you've never had black pudding? i think black pudding and haggis together would be a bit much.

[feral chile]

I want you people down my house doing the cooking.

My kids only discovered they liked food after they left home.

[ampersand]

chicken was amazing last night. black pudding is too similar to haggis though. tastes pretty similar but the texture isn't as good. won't be rushing to have it again.

[rabid]

chicken was amazing last night. black pudding is too similar to haggis though. tastes pretty similar but the texture isn't as good. won't be rushing to have it again.

[ampersand]

How did you cook it? Just in the chicken?

[rabid]

yup, just shoved it up it's bum. the haggis was as it should have been though.

think there's 3 slices left of the black pudding so that'll be going on a roll no doubt, so i'll taste it grilled.

[ampersand]

Stick a little butter on it when you grill it.

[rabid]

is that your technique to further reduce life expectancy?

[FunkyDenz]

bread sauce (homemade),

[Alcatraz]

Home made bread sauce is lush, I make it with lots of mixed herbs. I've been in charge of the bread sauce for Christmas Dinner for the last 10 years, even though my Mum is reluctant to let people help her make the meal.

[rachbon]

what do you do with bread sauce? jsut have it with your meal like a normal sauce? it looks horrible. i'd never heard of it until a few weeks ago when they were making it on this morning.

[greenfairy43]

Cloves and ground nutmeg are great in bread sauce

[FunkyDenz]

You serve it on the plate as you would serve the stuffing and the cranberry sauce. The sauce doesn't look great, but it tastes fantastic. The This Morning recipe doesn't sound brilliant, a bit plain really.

My family recipe is different.

Ingredients:

One pint full fat milk

4 slices white bread, with crusts, ripped in to small pieces

one onion

several teaspoons mixed herbs (to taste)

a dollop of single cream

Chop the onion in to small pieces

warm the milk, keeping it just below boiling

Add the onion

cook until onion is soft (making sure the milk doesn't boil)

slowly add the bread, stirring constantly until mixed in

add the mixed herbs. I'd recommend 5 or 6 teaspoons, and stir it in.

Add freshly ground pepper, and a pinch of nutmeg (if desired)

If sauce is too thick, add more milk, if too thin, add more bread, you want it to be a porridge consistency

Check that the onions are soft

Take off the heat, and add the dollop of single cream, stir it in.

This can now be left to cool until needed, as long as it's kept covered.

[gratedenini]

is that your technique to further reduce life expectancy?

[irons]

what do you do with bread sauce? jsut have it with your meal like a normal sauce? it looks horrible. i'd never heard of it until a few weeks ago when they were making it on this morning.

[greenfairy43]

Don't go near it Rachel. Horrible stuff. It's supposed to go with Turkey or Chicken, it's mingin.

[rachbon]

Don't go near it Rachel. Horrible stuff. It's supposed to go with Turkey or Chicken, it's mingin.