Christmas Day 2019

 We started Christmas Day by eating the breakfast that I made.  Of course, I forgot to take pics of almost everything.

 I made these cinnamon buns.

 Topped with an eggnog frosting.

 We also had lots of sausages and ham.

And bacon.  The main course was avocado toast.

 And this is my new toy....a Revolution toaster.  I am a toaster fanatic and this is the coolest one ever.

 You touch the pic on the screen to select the way you like your toast prepared and it toasts it to that color.

It does all kinds of other things too.  I will happily be playing with this for a while.

 The best part of the day was enjoying Christmas Dinner prepared by The Chef at my daughter's house.

The Menu:

Christmas Dinner 2019

Appetizer

Gin cured salmon, quick pickled cucumber, watercress, cured egg yolk

Salad

Shaved beets and radish, pink and black salt butter, minus 8

Soup

Fennel and shrimp, pancetta, goat cheese

Pasta

Tagliatelle, red pepper, really good olive oil, parsley, anchovy

Entree

Braised Short ribs, smoked polenta, carrots, Brussels, gremolata

Dessert

Fresh fruit & chocolate cups 

 

How did I get so lucky to have a chef in the family?

 

 This salmon was the best I've ever eaten. He cured a raw egg yolk in salt and sugar until it looked like an apricot and then grated it over the salmon....outstanding.

 I love radishes so he made these especially for me. Exquisite...I ate almost the entire platter myself.

I love fennel so he made this fennel and tomato soup. It had poached shrimp and pieces of crunchy pancetta floating in it... Scrumptious.

 These braised short ribs fell apart when you touched them with a fork.  Delicious.

 He also knows that I love his homemade pasta so he made a big bowl of it.  Delectable.

 I mean...really?!!!

It was served on this creamy, smokey polenta topped with roasted red carrots and tiny Brussel sprouts....decadent.

It was a gustatorial experience to say the least.  Thank you Chef!!!