A big standing rib roast with porcini and bacon sauce, Yorkshire pudding, jeweled roasted vegetables and chestnut mashed potatoes. We are indeed blessed. Merry Christmas to all!
Sondra and Leigh enjoy a pre-dinner martini.
So we went to the 4 o’clock service at church this year, the kid’s mass. When we got back about 5:30, we started getting ready for dinner and enjoying cocktails and hors d’oeuvres by the fire.
Grandmom and Boo:
Some delishy pate:
Cherries:
Some lovely hams that Tasha and Shannon brought us back from their afternoon at Eataly:
In the meantime, we set about getting the roast in the oven. We seared it:
Little did we know it would take four hours! Oh well, that gave us plenty of time for cocktailing and laughter.
It also gave the porcini-bacon sauce plenty of time to reduce:
The makings for jeweled roasted vegetables, beets, par-boiled root vegetables, pancetta and chesntuts:
Hunna helps with the dishes:
Once the roast was in, we retired to the living room for conversation. Mom has set a beautiful table:
Cheers, mom!
And Leigh:
Some great giggling:
Some great photos of Mom and Leigh by the tree:
The gang:
Me:
We toasted the evening with a bottle of Pol Roger:
And then we were waiting for the meat. (Is that the name of a Doors song?)
Prime Rib Roast, or, as the Anne Bramley, the author of Eat Feed Autumn Winter, likes to call it: A Jolly Great Joint of Beef.
and Chestnut Mashed Potatoes:
(I don’t have a recipe for those, but I made them by first making a chestnut puree, and then stirring it into potatoes I’d put through the ricer.)
Christmas Eve dinner!
Not the most beautifully plated thing, but it was about 10:30 at night and we were hungry!
It sure was delicious!
And for dessert, a buche de Noel, brought by Boo from Didier Dumas:
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
Thanks for the great photos! A lovely evening and a delicious dinner. 🙂
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