Skyegal
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Xmas StartersHi - anyone got any ideas for simple to make starters to have at xmas dinner. We are having turkey and trimmings for main course but need some inspiration for starters.
Nothing too complicated or time consuming as don't want to spend all morning in the kitchen.
Ta x
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Acorncup
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we just have a glass of sherry or two 
you could always have some nuts and nibbles too.....surely people will have enough to eat anyway?
otherwise something like prawn cocktail or smoked salmon on blinis or mousse that you can prepare in advance and won't take up precious space on your cooker.......?
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bettyboop
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4 of us have prawn cocktail, 1 has corn-on-the-cob.
What about making a pan of soup the night before?
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maureenl
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Its going to be soup here....yummmm
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Carol
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we always have smoked salmon on homemade browm bread and of course soup beforehand
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hilda
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i was going to have thai fishcakes that we had last year with the chilli sauce, you lot told me which one to go for??
but they dont do them or are sold out, so as i have smoked salmon in i might make me own??? gonna google recipes for it?
or not bother cos it means more bailerys profiterose for pud
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dragon
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Deep fied brie from Costco here!!!
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Chelseagirl
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Deep fried Brie sounds lovely.
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Good_Queen_Bess
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| hilda wrote: | i was going to have thai fishcakes that we had last year with the chilli sauce, you lot told me which one to go for??
but they dont do them or are sold out, so as i have smoked salmon in i might make me own??? gonna google recipes for it?
or not bother cos it means more bailerys profiterose for pud |
Thai fish cakes are easy.
Get some fish, white fish is good, so is smoked. Flake it up, being careful to remove bones.
Whizz together some fresh ginger, a few cloves of garlic, a couple of chillies and a few spring onions. Mix in with the fish. Add salt and pepper, plus a dash of fish sauce and soy sauce, then chop some fresh coriander and add that.
Mix and mould into shapes, then fry. You can mix in some mash before frying too if you want them to go further.
Yum.
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Good_Queen_Bess
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Chilli sauce.
Chop up some red onions finely and fry until soft but not brown. Add a few cloves of garlic, add some fresh tomatoes, chopped, plus a bit of tinned toms. Salt and pepper. A few chillies. A dash of tomato ketchup, dash of worchester sauce. Simmer.
If you want it sweeter, add a teaspoon of sugar. But remember that sugar does calm the chilli flavour down too.
You can either have this thick and chunky, or whizz it up in a blender for a thick sauce.
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hilda
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ta GBQ but i was thinkin more of . buy sweet chili dipping sauce,,,, and somehow make fishcakes from mash, smoked salmon , haddock>>?? something like that?/, got to go out again for cheese and me turkey so ill have another look for them
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Chelseagirl
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Jackie that Chillie Sauce sounds delicious.
I am going to print it off and make it.
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Skyegal
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Hi Everyone
Some good ideas there - might give a couple of them a try.
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