Christmas Day Starter

gememily

So, I am sat here trying to do a menu plan for Christmas and I have decided that I am sooooo bored of doing tomato soup and prawn cocktail for starters for christmas day so any of you people have any exciting suggestions???
Thanks in advance!
Emily

SugarSpun

Smoked salmon with brown bread, creme fraiche and lemon?

deb76

the other year we had king prawns, mussels, avocado, smoked salmon, and crab all laid out buffet style on the table, so we could all help ourselves. It was lovely, only problem was we didn't fancy the big roast dinner afterwards. So this year we are going to have the same but have a bigger gap between starter and main meal.

Happydaze

One of my favourite starters which always goes down well are cooked puff pastry tarts which are then filled with caramelised red onion and goats cheese then grilled to warm & soften the goats cheese. Delicious!!

jackomdj

Happydaze wrote: »

One of my favourite starters which always goes down well are cooked puff pastry tarts which are then filled with caramelised red onion and goats cheese then grilled to warm & soften the goats cheese. Delicious!!

My OH does something very similar to this but on ciabata - it is wonderful. He also does a lovely pea soup.

brookeslay

http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/512006

this look lovely and festive

katholicos

i just typed 'starter for Christmas Day' in google and it came up with this page which has loads of ideas on it. Hope this helps.

SugarSpun

Oooooh, I made this once and it was gorgeous:

big flat mushrooms, one per person, washed or wiped
hoummous
smoked cheese, grated, equal amount to the hoummous

Mix the hoummous and the cheese, and pile it onto the mushrooms. Put them under a grill until the cheese/hoummous is brownish. You'll need to line the grill with foil. There's dripping.

sparklylime

Last year for our Christmas day starter my OH layered some smoked salmon and mozzarella, in individual sized portions, wrapped it in filo pastry and baked. It was lovely but I can't quite remember if we had a sauce with it or not. My personal favourite though is goats cheese wrapped in parma ham, bake for 10 min til the cheese is going gooey then serve with some sun blushed tomatoes

carlamagee

Deep Fried Brie; served with a bit of side salad and some cumberland sauce

Egg Mayonaise; about 1 n 1/2 boiled eggs per person (not too filling to keep room for the roast afterwards!)

Melon: simple and easy, also another addition to your 5 a day

phunkles

Chocolate
well thats what we have in my house