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Christmas Dinner
As many students have never braved making a full roast dinner, we decided to put together a simple step-by step guide to some of the trimmings you might see in a traditional Christmas Dinner, if you have other ideas please head across to the Chrsitmas Dinner channel on discord and share your recipes there!!
Carrots and Broccoli
- Place in bowl with 2 tbsp cold water
- Cover with lid
- Microwave for 3-4 mins
- Alternatively, boil in pan for 3-5 minutes
Yorkshire Puddings
- Add 2 tsp oil to the bottom of a muffin tin
- Place in pre-heated oven
- Mix 70g plain flour with 2 eggs
- Gradually add in 10 ml milk, whisk until smooth
- Pour evenly into hot muffin tin
- Cook for 20-25 mins
Brussel Sprouts
- Peel top layer and cut in half
- Fry in pan with oil and a lid for 5 mins
- Optionally, add bacon to pan before frying sprouts, replacing oil with bacon fat
Pigs In Blankets
- Wrap sausages in streaky bacon
- Cook in oven for 20-30 mins until crispy
Stuffing
- Please find your own recipe of buy a packet and follow instructions
Roast Potatoes
- Peel potatoes and cut into even cubes
- Boil until easy to stab with a knife
- Put butter or oil in roasting tin and place in preheated oven (200C, 180C fan or Gas 6)
- Drain water from pan
- Add 2 tsp flour and shake in pan
- Add potatoes to hot oil/butter, ensure fully coated
- Roast for 40-50 mins, turning occasionally
- Remove from oven and serve
Christmas Dinner Recipe Links
As there are so many different ways to have the main portion of your roast, it would be too difficult to write step by step guides for each of them so featured below are a variety of different links to some simple recipes that might help with the main part of your roast, or have an attempt at finding a different one that takes your fancy.
Now we can't forget about the Vegans and Vegetarians of SSAGO can we? Have a look at some of these ideas to create a vegan friendly roast dinner!!
- Portobello Mushrooms with Cranberry
- Vegan Christmas Pie
- Whole Roasted Cauliflower
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