Christmassy one-pot type entertaining? Inspiration needed please!

iris

What about this recipe from Delia
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/main-ingredient/poultry-and-game/chicken/chicken-basque.html

I have done this recipe several times for guests and everyone loved it.

For the vegetarians for could do mushroom lasagna.

HTH

chirpychick

I do this in the slow cooker:

Turkey
parsnips
carrots
swede
potatoes
apple
onion
a tbsp or 2 of runny honey
chicken stock

it's an adaptation of this
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1826709/leftover-turkey-casserole-

Obviously not for the veggies so if you did this you'd need to do something separate for them but I love it served with a dollop of cranberry sauce on top

mrsrobertson

I'm having people over for dinner on the 22nd, i've decided to do a Christmas pasta bake. Ikea do reindeer shaped pasta (i've heard M&S do Christmassy shaped pasta too) so i'm thinking turkey, mini sausages, bacon, pasta and probably some kind of tomato sauce. Not thought it through entirely yet, just an idea

Grimbal

mrsrobertson wrote: »

I'm having people over for dinner on the 22nd, i've decided to do a Christmas pasta bake. Ikea do reindeer shaped pasta (i've heard M&S do Christmassy shaped pasta too) so i'm thinking turkey, mini sausages, bacon, pasta and probably some kind of tomato sauce. Not thought it through entirely yet, just an idea

We're doing something similar with the nieces who are hopefully staying with us nearer Xmas & will be telling them they're eating Rudolph.....

maman

If I were you I wouldn't worry about the Christmassy food, they'll get plenty of that next day and leftovers for the rest of the week! Anyhow your house will look festive and you can play suitable music.

I would have said lasagne until I read what you said about cheese. Instead I'd go for a big pot of beef in red wine casserole. You can put carrots, mushrooms & onions in it and then just serve with a big bowl of new potatoes and plenty of bread for the delicious gravy. I've done this for up to 30 people at preChristmas party.

madvixen

We do Gammon in Cola on Xmas Eve with mashed potato and some veg. It's so easy

Stick your gammon in a large pan (or slow cooker)

Cover with Full Fat Cola

Bring to the boil and then simmer for as long as possible. I leave mine in the SC for 8 hours and in a pan for around 6

Serve

Lizling

The mushroom part of this recipe is a really good Christmassy veggie option. I made it last Christmas.

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2958/wild-mushroom-and-port-brioche

Didn't seem to need quite as much port as the recipe called for though, and it'd work just as well with just ordinary mushrooms.

purpleheather2810

Gammon slow cooked in ginger beer...

Sambucus_Nigra

snowleopard61 wrote: »

I'm feeding 8 people for a pre-Christmas get-together on Christmas Eve. I suspect it's probably more economical to give them a one-pot type hot meal than lots of snacks, although I'm not sure which I'm going to do yet. We have mainly meat-eaters with a couple of vegetarians, and I wouldn't mind doing a separate meat and vegetarian dish.

The obvious sorts of things would be chilli with garlic bread, lasagne etc., but somehow they don't seem very Christmassy. Has anyone any ideas for a Christmassy version of this type of food, without breaking the bank?

We have chilli for Christmad day main meal. Ho ho ho.

sweetilemon

Mulled wine I love chippolata sausages on xmas eve...a taste of whats to come. Obviously not suitable for your purposes. Maybe a chilli beef ( like chilli with stewing steak instead of mince), for the vegis use a tin of heinz 5 beans instead of stewing steak. You can then do baked potatoes, rice, pittas, sour cream and cheese in the middle - yum!