The Christmas presents are wrapped and ready under the tree. The grandparents have settled in, having arrived a week or so ago from Singapore. The butter cookies have been baked (it doesn’t feel Christmassy till the cookie cutters have been used!). The ham is in the fridge, ready for its beer bath later. It will be accompanied simple salad, Brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes and a pear bread pudding with a salted caramel sauce. In case that’s not enough, there’s coconut ice-cream in the freezer. I think we’re almost ready for Christmas. At least for Christmas Eve dinner.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
Oh and I opened some Christmas presents early (they arrived via amazon). A food book and Lucky Peach magazines from my parents and sister in Singapore. A lovely red teapot from the husband!
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Pear bread pudding with salted caramel sauce sounds amazing! Merry Christmas to you and yours and all the best for 2013!
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The bread pudding was pretty good, but the star was really the salted caramel sauce! Somehow using salted butter of a better quality makes a huge difference! A keeper!
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Merry Christmas to you and family! Simply awesome to have your family coming over to you for Christmas celebration.
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Yeah having family around (even if it’s my in-laws!) makes the holiday season more cheerful!
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A very Merry Christmas to you and yours!!! The books and teapot are beautiful. 🙂
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Thanks Andi! I hope you’re having a good start to the new year!
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