We have always made it a point to eat together and go to church for the midnight service and come back and toast the New Year with fruit cake and wine. This year, the special dish of the evening is Sweet and Sour Chicken Rice, a one pot meal and a great way to end the year.
The Steamboat is the best option for special occasions as the ingredients can be prepared the day before and the guests have fun choosing their food at the table, cooking it themselves and eating it immediately.
The Eleventh Recipe For Christmas / Christmas Fruit Punch is a great starter and breaks the ice especially when the guests experiment with various flavours and come up with something new every time.
This has to be the easiest recipe ever and most suitable for large parties. It can be made in a jiffy, tastes good and serves 50 (provided every guest has just one).
My first attempt at making it was a total disaster. That was years ago. With a little bit of improvising I managed to get a very eatable cake, this year. Here is the The Ninth Recipe For Christmas / Apricot Siena Cake
In our house there is always a tussle between those with sweet tooths and those without. Try The Eighth Recipe For Christmas / Pepper Chilli Cashew Nuts / Honey Coated Almonds and store them in your memory of addictive flavours.
Dried apricots have always been a tradition in our household for Christmas and I always have something with apricots every Christmas.
Dark yellow, moist , rich and buttery, full of almonds and made with butter and egg yolks, Eurasian Sujee Cake is a cake fit for a king.
This year I made two kinds – Walnut Macaroons with brown sugar and Coffee Macaroons with cashew nuts, which I know will go down well with the coffee addicts in our family.
Making wines and liqueurs have always been part of our family tradition and I enjoy trying out various recipes and giving it away as gifts to family and friends during Christmas.
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