Foodie Friday: Christmas Dinner, Drinks & Desserts

{ Via: ZsaZsa Belagio }

So I haven't even got to my own Christmas menu yet. Hopefully, this Friday fun will help us all to get focused. Christmas calls for extra special everything.  Put love into the food you create, and those that you are serving will feel special. This is what the holidays are about. Good food, friends, and family. This recipe round up features fabulous main courses, chic cocktails, and delicious desserts. 
Bon Appétit!

HERE: 16 Celebration Worthy Recipes

Holiday Cheermeister Bourbon Punch

This pretty punch is filled with Christmas spirit. It also features Prosecco and the best little decorative ice cubes you ever saw. So fun!

Half Baked Harvest

Holiday Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
This showstopper is stuffed with caramelized onion, fresh cranberry sauce, goat cheese and fresh spinach. This could be a contender for my family.
How Sweet Eats

Double Peppermint Brownie Skillets 
For Two
Having a romantic evening just for the two of you? These look fun. It's just so Christmassy.
Foxes Love Lemons

The Grinch Cocktail
Such a fun cocktail for the holidays! And don't you love the presentation? It's made with Cake Vodka, Lime Sherbet, Sprite, and Sprinkles. What's not to love?
Holly's Cheat Day

Roast Beef Tenderloin With Mushrooms and White Wine Cream Sauce
Just yum! The mushrooms and pan drippings are what create the sauce. This one is recipe perfection!
Half Baked Harvest

Cherry Ripe Pavlova
Coconut, sweet cherries and chocolate - with a slug of booze added for festive cheer. Now that just sounds delicious. In fact I am considering making this for the Christmas Eve birthday of Miss Shop This. Truly beautiful!
Gourmet Traveller

Homard en Croûte (Lobster Pot Pie)
This recipe is not as hard as it looks. It is actually made with frozen puff pastry, so no worries about the crust.  The individual servings will be impressive at the Holiday table. Brandy adds to the specialness.
Saveur

Ruby Vermouth Spritzer
If you love a light spritzer, why should you just drink them in the Summer? Here's a recipe that refreshing and oh so beautiful. That blood orange garnish is the explanation point on this terrific treat!
Pure Wow

Spiced Bundt Cake Tower with Brandy Caramel Sauce
Serving a crowd? This cake will make quite the impression. Not to mention, I think that a Bundt Cake is one of the easiest cakes to create.
Williams Sonoma

Crown Roast Of Pork With Wild Rice Stuffing
I have made this dish several times for Christmas Eve. It's a showstopper. You will need the butcher to prepare the cut for you. Well worth it for presentation alone!
Martha Stewart

Peppermint Red Velvet Cake
This looks fun to create. "Bright red cake layers alternate with white chocolate peppermint buttercream filling to create festive candy cane striped slices. Tempting.
The Cake Blog

Seared Tuna With Dill Cucumbers 
And Potatoes
Serving Christmas Day or Christmas Eve lunch? This tuna recipe looks amazingly beautiful and uncomplicated.
Gourmet Traveller

Spicy Pomegranate Moscow Mule

Tieghan describes this cocktail like this: "Grab some vodka, limes, grapefruit, pomegranate juice, and jalapeños. Shake it all up to infuse everything with the heat from the jalapeños. Strain into your favorite Mule mug and top off with ginger beer." I think I might like it if I could skip the vodka and the ginger beer!

Half Baked Harvest

Cider Apple Glazed Ham

Mr. Shop This wants a ham sometime throughout the Holidays. This bone in ham recipe is just as it should be, to include plenty of brown sugar.

Gourmet Traveller

Baked Alaska
One of my very favorite desserts! I remember that they offered this dish on the original menu of Chicago's famed Pump Room. It was delivered to  your table in flames with much pomp and circumstance. If you haven't had it before. It is a layer of citrus pound cake, pistachio and cranberry sorbet, all covered with meringue. A holiday delight!
Epicurious

 Christmas Cocktail
Christmas in a flute. And what is Christmas without something sparkling? Beautiful!
Olive Magazine



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