Christmas it's a special date for Christ people. Some families make a evening meal on 24 december and anothers a lunch in 25 december.
In the Christmas dinner or lunch always have a roast turkey, dried fruit like figs, apricot, nut and a lot of fruit.
My family used to prepare the meal at home, but nowadays we buy everything at the supermarket. My favorit fruit of christmas is Lychee. It's a Chinese fruit with white pulp and red peel.
If you like to prepare a good English cake for Christmas this a good recipe
A Christmas cake should be rich and spicy; bursting with boozy fruit but never, ever heavy. After all, you need to leave room for a mince pie.
250g currants
250g sultanas
100g dried figs, roughly chopped
100g glacé cherries, cut in half
100g mixed peel
125ml whisky, plus extra to feed
125g butter, softened
125g muscovado sugar
4 eggs, beaten
130g plain flour
½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp mixed spice
50g ground almonds
Grated zest of 1 lemon
50g whole almonds
25g crystallised ginger, chopped
1. Put the dried fruit and peel in a bowl along with the whisky, cover and leave to soak overnight. Stir well before use. Grease and line a 20cm cake tin with 2 layers of baking parchment.
2. Preheat the oven to 140C. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then gradually add the eggs, beating well after each addition so the mixture doesn't curdle.
3. Mix together the sifted flour, baking powder, spice, ground almonds and a pinch of salt and then fold this into the butter and sugar mixture. Add the soaked fruits, and any remaining whisky, the lemon zest, chopped almonds and ginger, and stir to combine.
4. Tip the mixture into your prepared tin and smooth the surface, scooping out a small hollow in the middle to prevent a doming effect.
5. Put the cake in the oven for about an hour, then cover with foil, and bake for another 30 minutes and then check the cake. It's done when a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean – check every 10 minutes until it's cooked.
6. Leave to cool in the tin then use the skewer to poke a few holes almost all the way through the cake, and brush them with more whisky. With the baking parchment still attached, wrap well in greaseproof paper and store in an airtight tin or a layer of foil, repeating the feeding every week or so until you're ready to ice just before Christmas. (I'd recommend Nigel Slater's instructions on these matters.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/nov/17/how-cook-perfect-christmas-cake
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/roastturkeywithbread_87596
http://www.lycheesonline.com/
Laura Xavier
Laura, in my family we usually have lunch on 25... but we prepare the meal at home ....a simple meal, without the most traditional Christmas products......I have a small family and we try to do the meal for 25th only, because we used to eat the same for three days at earlier years.... oh, my... and we don’t like to waste food.........but I like your recipe....It seems tasty....Maybe I’ll try to make it.....
ResponderExcluirRoberta Alves
Roberta, my family also celebrate christmas every year with a lunch on december 25. On the contrary I have a big family. Do you want to hear something funny?
ResponderExcluirOn of my uncle and one of my niece birthdays are on December 25th, so, together with Christmas we always have a birthday cake for them and we sing "Happy Birthday"
In my family the traditional Christmas food is codfish stew with wine and french toast for dessert.
ResponderExcluirClovis de Oliveira Mello Junior
In my family we eat on December 25 turkey and codfish! My father and my mother that make the lunch! They cook very weel! I make the dessest, normally I cook apple pie =)
ResponderExcluirPaloma Lays