Christmas dinner starters, new ideas please?

Question

Every year at christmas I prepare a typical turkey roast, but for starters I do something different every year. I'm now running out of ideas - what's new out there traditional or new cuisine?

Answer 1

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Answer 2

Ideas For Christmas Dinner Starters

Answer 3

Ideas For Christmas Starters

Answer 4

I've got a coupla ideas:

1. Chopped up some tomatoes into small cubes (discard the gooey bits in the middle). Add chopped onions and parsley. Mix with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and lots of freshly ground black pepper. Serve with slices of toasted french bread.

2. wrap some dried prunes using streaky bacon and roast until cooked.

Both are easy to make and equally delicious, and will go nicely together.

Answer 5

Wow, you're dedicated doing a starter as well as full turkey roast!

How about something really easy for you and nice a light like a mozzarella, tomato and parma ham salad - you could even arrange it on a big plate so everyone can serve themselves. Decorate with fresh basil leaves and drizzle with pesto and olive oil. Yummy!

Answer 6

Ditch the turkey and expand your horizons! Do a standing crown roast of pork, a beef tenderloin, or even a pork tenderloin. Then you can really expand what you serve as an appetizer.

Soups: French Onion, *Homemade* Cream of Anything, Chicken Tortilla, Clam Chowder

Salads: Nice baby greens w/ oranges and almonds, Steamed Half of Artichoke w/ Drawn butter

Other: Shrimp Cocktail, Seafood Bisque, small hot appetizers, cheese and crackers w/ grapes

Answer 7

This is easy and delicious.
A alarge plate of salad - soft leaves - lamb's lettuce perhaps. Tear strips of smoked salmon over the salad bed.
Mix up some creme fraiche with the juice of 2 limes - then drizzle over the salmon and lettuce leaves. Serve with champagne.
Takes minutes - but is the best appetiser I've ever had on Christmas day.

Answer 8

I've done well with a large platter of fresh mozzarella balls, avocado slices, diced tomatoes, italian olives, marinated mushrooms and flavored bagel chips, all drizzled with olive oil and freshly grated parmesean cheese.

If it's a soup you're looking for, I have a great recipe for cheesy beer soup that's always a hit.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

I always think that the key to a good Xmas dinner start is that it can be prepped in advance - no point adding more cooking and timing to work out!!!

Pate - make your own smoked mackeral pate with brandy, double cream, butter, orange rind and juice, or meat pate (I made a delicious one last year which needed cooking and sitting in the fridge for a week) or buy from the shops, take out of packet and add a glug of brandy, some fresh thyme, black pepper, butter and double cream.

Fish platter - fruit de mar! Platter of seafood, everyine gets to dip in and its a nice sociable starter! buy whatever you can get locally (Im in Hastings so this is a nice easy one for me!) Serve with good bread, lemon mayo and planty of lemon and lime wedges.

Soup - I always find these too filling, but it is easy to make a good homemade soup and all you have to do is heat up.

antipasti - platter of cooked meats, olives, mozerella cheese, melon, marinated veggies etc.

Serve all with good bread (I like melba toast but I always end up running around in a panic trying to make it at the last minute!)

Good luck!

Answer 11

We have either, home made pate or potted shrimp served with melba toast.
Pate
8oz chicken livers.
small onion
1 garlic clove
4oz butter
some herbs thyme is good or mixed dried herbs.
1 tbs brandy
Salt and pepper
Put 1 oz of butter in frying pan and fry the onion until soft add the livers, garlic, herbs and salt and pepper until just cooked add. Allow to cool a bit, put in blender with the rest of the butter add brandy and whizz till smooth. Pour into bowl and chill. This also freezes very well so can be made in advance

Potted Shrimp or Prawns

Melt some butter (enough to cover the shrimp) in a pan add cooked shrimp, a grating of nutmeg or some mace with salt and pepper to taste. Coat the shrimp with this and then put into small pots.