Christmas Feasts

[Redneck4Life]

What's everyone having for their Christmas Feast? We will be doing a seasoned prime rib roast and a ham butt. Potatoes and ham gravy and raisin gravy. Still trying to figure what other sides are. Veggie and fruit tray. Shrimp cocktail charcuterie board of meats and cheeses. We usually have too much say every year well down size but never do. I'll post up other stuff when we figure it out tomorrow. Oh yea chestnuts.

[mowin]

We had ham, smoked prime rib a smoked duck along with the fixins.  But sis and a couple other family members are sick with nasty colds.  So everything is on hold till New years Eve at the earliest. 

[Lawdwaz]

Beef tenderloin and all kind of wonderful sides.  I think there will be about 20 people…….

We’re bringing a couple half ass snacks and a killer hors d’oervres and a killer sauce for the meat.

 

[NYRturkeycall]

Cold shrimp platter with cocktail sauce cold antipasto course, charcuterie board of like 8 cheeses, lox with goat cheese and lemon zest, fruits, crackers

Then a lobster per person that we steam outside with a scotch, bacon wrapped scallops that my wife makes, fried breaded flounder, fried calamari, linguine with clams/mussels/shrimp /calamari and red sauce, mixed salads, broccoli with lemon and garlic, plenty of Italian bread to go around. 

Desert is dealers choice who brings pies and cakes, and home baked sugar cookies , grinch cookies, and my wife's rainbow cookies.

Espresso with sambuca, cappuccino and coffee. Desert liquors, homemade Bailey's, plenty of beer whiskey and liquor, egg nog, homemade white Christmas sangria, and chocolate white Russians trimmed in peppermint on the rim. We like doing Christmas Eve. It's the best holiday of the year for the family And our kids will have awesome memories growing up. It's a shit ton of work though LOL. 

[mowin]

8 minutes ago, Lawdwaz said:

Beef tenderloin and all kind of wonderful sides.  I think there will be about 20 people…….

We’re bringing a couple half ass snacks and a killer hors d’oervres and a killer sauce for the meat.

 

What are the killers hors d'oeuvre?  Always looking for different ideas. 

[mlamm24]

Having about 13 family members over. 

Apps...cold shrimp platter and thiny sliced venison chops served on a baguette topped with blue cheese crumbles and picked onions with a drizzle of balsamic vinaigrette.

Main meal baked chicken, roast beef Sammy's on a kimmelweck roll. Chef salad and cheesey potatoes. 

Cake, cookies and god only knows what else for desert.

Moc tails for the kids and bloody Mary's for the adults. 

Pics to follow tomorrow night!

[Lawdwaz]

45 minutes ago, mowin said:

What are the killers hors d'oeuvre?  Always looking for different ideas. 

I was talking to my wife and typed “killer” twice by mistake.  Lol

The only killer is the sauce!

”Tenderloin Steaks with cranberry-port sauce and Gorgonzola cheese”

Recipe information

Yield

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter

2 large garlic cloves, sliced

1 large shallot, sliced

1 1/4 cups canned beef broth

1 cup ruby Port

1/4 cup dried cranberries

4 5- to 6-ounce beef tenderloin steaks (each about 1 inch thick)

1/2 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary

1/2 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese

Preparation

Step 1

Melt 2 tablespoons butter in saucepan over medium-high heat. Add garlic and shallot, then 1 cup broth, Port and cranberries. Boil liquid until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 8 minutes. Set sauce aside.

Step 2

Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper. Add steaks to skillet; cook to desired doneness, about 5 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer steaks to plate; cover loosely with foil. Add rosemary to skillet, then sauce and remaining 1/4 cup broth. Boil 1 minute, scraping up browned bits. Season with salt and pepper; spoon sauce over steaks. Top each with cheese.

Edited December 24, 2024 by Lawdwaz

[Buckmaster7600]

We had our dinner this evening, home grown beef tenderloin with all the sides. Lake O smoked salmon and smoked cream cheese were some of the appetizers and a few pies for dessert. I have to work tomorrow at 7am and will likely be stuck until 11pm on the 25th so we planned ahead. 

Edited December 24, 2024 by Buckmaster7600

[Lawdwaz]

AND, it’s amazing on any red meat even/especially venison backstrap.

[ZAG]

Tomorrow night is an 11lb prime rib at our house. Christmas night is beef tenderloin at the in-laws!! Best back to back meals of the year!

[Lawdwaz]

6 minutes ago, ZAG said:

Tomorrow night is an 11lb prime rib at our house. Christmas night is beef tenderloin at the in-laws!! Best back to back meals of the year!

Make the sauce above an head of time and bring some Gorgonzola, you’ll be the KING.

(BTW, I’m tripling the recipe)

[mowin]

9 minutes ago, ZAG said:

Tomorrow night is an 11lb prime rib at our house. Christmas night is beef tenderloin at the in-laws!! Best back to back meals of the year!

Usually I have a 7 bone prime rib I would get from ShopRite.  Always had them on sale with coupon for $6.99 lb.  Probably why they are out of business, lol. 

I'd smoke it at 225° till just about rare, then into a 500° oven for 15 minutes.  Med rare from tip to tip, and so friggin tender. 

[ZAG]

7 minutes ago, Lawdwaz said:

Make the sauce above an head of time and bring some Gorgonzola, you’ll be the KING.

(BTW, I’m tripling the recipe)

Damn, If I didn’t just come back from the grocery store and I ain’t going back lol! 

[ZAG]

3 minutes ago, mowin said:

Usually I have a 7 bone prime rib I would get from ShopRite.  Always had them on sale with coupon for $6.99 lb.  Probably why they are out of business, lol. 

I'd smoke it at 225° till just about rare, then into a 500° oven for 15 minutes.  Med rare from tip to tip, and so friggin tender. 

No smoker for me, so low and slow in the oven. Dolled it up with Montreal seasoning , salt and minced garlic. Garage fridge smells amazing!

[NYRturkeycall]

Wow everyone's dinner's here sound amazing. I'm definitely trying that Gorgonzola recipe one night!