It has been a while since I posted any of my cooking, so I thought I would take this opportunity to share with you what our family was feasting on Christmas Eve. For many years now, Christmas Eve to me has meant cooking up a wonderful feast for my family and spend hours enjoying it with a couple of glasses of wine, and this year was no exception. With careful planning in advance I made it easy and straightforward, and everything was a hit with everyone's tummy. Enjoy :)
Entree
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Smoked Salmon Terrine and Baked CamembertThe smoked salmon was served with capers and thinly sliced apple. |
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Garlic Bread
This was served with the Baked Le Rustique Camembert, the strong garlic flavour goes very well with the cheese.
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Acompanied Wine: Pegasus Bay Bel Canto (Dry Riesling) 2010. This is a newly released dry Riesling which I find matching very well with seafood and cheese, it just takes off the oiliness of the fatty salmon and the creaminess Camembert, leaving your palette nice and refresh.
Main
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Roasted Duck
Butterflied, de-boned and cherry and pinot noir marinated (for 2 days) duck that was then gently simmer in the marinate in a pot in low heat. For th finish touch, the duck was then grill in the oven (to crispy up the skin).
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Side Dishes
The duck was accompanied with creamy mashed potatoes, caramalised onions and carrots, garlic butter asparagus, fresh cherries and duck jus.
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Acompanied Wine: Rockburn Pinot Noir 2010. The pinot noir from Rockburn has always been my favourite, although the 2010 vintage is delicious, but I find the 2007 and 2008 much better. It is quite a fruity pinot noir and goes very well with the duck.
Dessert
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Praline Souffle
Served with chilled Creme Anglaise. I made my praline with macadamia nuts and it was delicious.
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Pavalova |
If you would like any of the recipes that is not on my site, keep an eye out for my future blogs :)
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