The Christmas! The Christmas!

Shopping list:

·         2 x packets of pate (your choice)

·         200 g salmon

·         Small packet philly cheese

·         Dill

·         1 x French bread stick

·         White nougat (bought)

·         12 fresh figs

·         1 x box forrero rocher

·         Jindi triple cream brie

·         Jindi Deluxe Blue

·         Honey

·         Mint

·         Lavoche biscuits

·         Maggie Beer’s quince paste

·         Muscatels

·         700 g white grapes

·         700 g black grapes

·         Ingredients for raspberry and almond cupcakes (see following)

·         Ingredients for dark nougat

·         Ingredients for Brioche (or bought)

·         Watermelon

·         Ingredients for Orange and poppy seed cake (or packet mix)

·         Ingredients for the Yule log (see following recipe)

·         Potatoes 600g

·         Sweet potato 600 g

·         Carrots 600g

·         Green beans

To Serve: 

Goose liver pate

Smoked salmon on French bread with philly cream and dill

 

3.5 kg goose

Steamed green beans with almonds

Roast vegetables (carrot, sweet potato, potato)

 

Almonds:  http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/23061/raspberry+and+almond+cake

Hazelnuts:  forrero rocher

Figs:  Fresh  Figs, drizzled with honey &  sprinkled with a bit of mint

Semi dried muscatels – to go on the cheese platter

White nougat

Dark nougat: http://frenchfood.about.com/od/desserts/r/Cinnamon-Almond-Brittle-Recipe.htm

Brioche:  Bought brioche

Quince: quince paste  with brie and blue cheese

Dates: Sticky Date Pudding http://www.exclusivelyfood.com.au/2006/07/individual-sticky-date-puddings-recipe.html

Winter melon (we are going to replace with watermelon):  sliced watermelon

Grapes:  black grapes and white grapes (700 g of each)

Oranges: orange and poppy seed patty cakes with cream cheese icing (Greens does a great packet cake)

Yule log: http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/yule-log

 Can you please let me know in the comments which bits you are going to bring, and I will organise the rest.

 

I got the goose.