Not Everyday Christmas Cooking Photos w/ details

[Braai-Q]

Thought I'd kick off a thread for those Christmas cooks so it's easy to be inspired for next year. Please share your efforts and successes.

We've decided to do a Mexican Christmas which we're branding 'Christmex'. 

It's close to freezing outside and what says Christmas in the UK more than Mexican done on the KK? 

The smell of BBQ. Mexican and smoke is going to confuse the hell out of the neighbours. 

Photos later.

Happy holidays all. 

[BOC]

Not all that sexy, but Christmas tradition at my house includes two things. Breakfast casserole in the morning and baby back ribs for dinner. Ribs will come later, but breakfast was delicious as always.

(PS - all is pre KK...January can’t come soon enough)




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[jonj]

We started the day with Dutch Baby, blueberries and bacon, accompanied by sparkling wine (Schramsberg Rose'). 

[Troble]

Looking good @jonj! 

[MacKenzie]

Xmas breakfast with homemade Russian Kulich.

[tony b]

Sorry, didn't know we were doing breakfast pics. Mine was a simple scrambled eggs with boursin cheese and "black crack." Side of breakfast sausage and toast w/jam. Will post pics of dinner later though. 

[Braai-Q]

Christmex was a success. We are all poured across the sofas in front of a fire and we're currently arguing over who should go and put the cover on the KK. We used the 32KK today for the grilling surface area. 

So, our Christmas Tacos. We used 32 day dry aged beef skirt from Thomas Joseph Butchery and had that with some chicken thighs. Both marinated for 24h - hugely aromatic marinades involving fresh oregano, garlic, onion, habanero, lime juice, apple juice, lime zest, orange zest, orange juice, lemon zest, insert other citric zest and juice, bird's eye chilli. You get the idea. We used the Yucatan Chicken marinade for the thighs - both marinades are recipes from Breddos Tacos Cookbook (buy direct from them via Instagram as they charge half what Amazon do). We had ours with burnt spring onion crema, Breddos hot sauce, home made guacamole (Mrs BQ has an incredible recipe) and home made salsa.  

Mrs BQ was making margaritas while I was cooking outside. It's currently -3°C or around 25°F and I discovered that Mrs BQ doesn't use measures. Turns out her double by eye is closer to a quadruple. Which is why I was wearing just a lightweight fleece to stay warm. 

Few pictures on the iPhone. I didn't have any of the final tacos primarily because I was so hungry that all thoughts of taking pictures left me in my enthusiasm to dig in. Not helped by the volume of margaritas. 

Think we're on left overs for a couple of days which is no hardship. 

 

Edited December 25, 2020 by Braai-Q

[Troble]

@tony b I didn’t know we were doing breakfast either but I made a over-easy egg on a Thomas s lush muffin with melted Parmesan  cheese, arugula abs applewood bacon 

reheating yesterday beef bourgignon for dinner tonight as I’ve cooked a lot the last week.

@Braai-Q that sounds and looks like a proper Mexican feast. Even better when enjoyed with strong margaritas. Merry Christmas and nice work!

[tekobo]

Breakfast is the new Christmas lunch.  Here we had a Spanish tortilla flavoured with crab.

[BOC]

Not all that sexy, but Christmas tradition at my house includes two things. Breakfast casserole in the morning and baby back ribs for dinner. Ribs will come later, but breakfast was delicious as always.

(PS - all is pre KK...January can’t come soon enough)




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And ribs for dinner. 23 years of ribs for Christmas.



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[Troble]

Good looking ribs @BOC

[tony b]

Prime Rib in the rotisserie basket. 325F with smoker pot of post oak, coffee wood and mesquite. Meat was rubbed with the classic English Prime Rib seasoning with a splash of Worcestershire sauce for binder.

Resting.

Got out the china for this one. Hey, it's Christmas!

Plated with sous vide mashed spuds (w/lots of butter, half-n-half, sour cream and both purple and black crack!) and sous vide broccoli. Horseradish sauce and au jus for the meat. Dinner rolls. Oh yeah, a 30 year old Cab from Heitz Cellars ('89 vintage). Hey, it's Christmas, ya'll! Nailed the medium-rare (thank you MEATER+)!

 

 

[jonj]

Prime Rib Christmas:

Smoking

Searing

Resting

Carving

Ready for dinner with roasted sweet potatoes, roasted brussels sprouts and robbed the cradle for a 2016 Caymus cabernet.

 

[Troble]

@tony b & @jonj MasterClass efforts gentlemen. Excellent wines taboot! A merry Christmas indeed

[wibblylee]

Nice cooks everyone. Did a roast as well at 210-240F. Pics of reverse sear are below:


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[wibblylee]

On the carving board:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year all!


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[Braai-Q]

9 hours ago, BOC said:

And ribs for dinner. 23 years of ribs for Christmas.



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The ribs look great. I think you're going to have fun with year 24 though... 

For a minute, I thought that was a whip in the background and was going to ask how you were tenderising your meat then I realised it was your sauce mop. 😂

[Braai-Q]

7 hours ago, tony b said:

 

That's a fine plate of food there Tony. You're making me hungry when there is no way on god's green earth that I should even be thinking about eating anything. You got that meat to perfection.

[Braai-Q]

Much appreciation for the shares all. I refuse to believe that @tekoboonly had a tortilla having seen pictures of her drive in freezer yesterday. I think she's holding out with her Matryoshka BBQ setup. 

I shall be browsing this thread for inspiration next year. 

[tekobo]

Didn't eat anywhere as much as normal yesterday.  In fact, I felt so virtuous that I ended the day with a passionfruit margarita, inspired by your choice @Braai-Q.  Here's to many more Christmases.  Thinking we need to start a rib tradition here too.