A Traditional English Christmas Dinner
A Traditional English Christmas DinnerOn Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at 4:28 pm, 11 Comments »
A traditional English Christmas dinner consists of roast turkey and stuffing, roast potatoes and vegetables, bread sauce, cranberry sauce and gravy, followed by Christmas pudding with brandy butter. For lots of people, it just wouldn’t be Christmas without a turkey. But in fact, in this country the tradition of eating turkey at Christmas only dates from the 19th century, when it gradually began to replace goose as the Christmas meal. A Christmas tradition involving the turkey is to pull its wishbone. The person left with the larger piece of the bone makes a wish. Nut roast has become the traditional Christmas dish for many vegetarians. For a festive twist, try adding cranberries (fresh or dried) or chestnuts. Heaps of vegetables are another traditional part of Christmas lunch. Many people will eat more fruit and vegetables on Christmas day than on any other day of the year. A vital part of the traditional Christmas is the roast potatoes. Cranberry sauce is great for adding flavour. Another Christmas classic is the Christmas pudding, with its rich concoction of dried fruits such as raisins, currants and sultanas. The Christmas pudding known today began life as Christmas porridge called Frumenty, a dish made of wheat or corn boiled up in milk. Now, a Christmas pudding is a brown pudding with raisins, nuts and cherries. It is served with custard or brandy butter. Often brandy is poured over the pudding, which is then set a light as it is carried to the table. The lights are turned off so people can see the flames. Christmas table should be just as festive as the rest of the home. It can be use pine garland, candles, Christmas ornaments and other special touches to create a memorable holiday table. When Queen Victoria came to the throne, the roast beef was the centrepiece of the Christmas feast in the North, while the goose was the traditional fare of the South. Alison White Leave a Comment11 Responses to “A Traditional English Christmas Dinner” |
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I am an american wanting to give my significant other a traditional English christmas dinner. What to have?
to start either soup or prawn cocktail is most common
for main Roasted turkey, mash, roast potato’s, little sausages wrapped in bacon, gravy, stuffing, some people also have beef with their dinner
christmas pudding for afters
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roast beef, goose, turkey, veal, lamb or chicken with Yorkshire puddings (shop bought or home-made), gravy (optional), stuffing and good vegetables include: string beans, carrots, peas, sprouts, lettuce, cabbage, beetroot and broccoli.
Serve with Christmas pudding afterwards and provide mince pies, which you can decorate with cinnamon if you want.
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for as long as i can remember we have had a roast chicken or turkey, roast potatoes, carrots broccoli swede parsnips and brussell sprouts, sage and onion stuffing, yorkshire puddings and lots of gravy! however, my partner says that the traditional english meat to have is goose.
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You forgot the obligatory Brussells sprouts, Erryn. Definitely do NOT serve cranberry sauce. This is not an English tradition but one which has crept across the Atlantic.
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ask him what he use to have there
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Hello
Starter
Cream of Tomato Soup or Pate with Toast or Prawn Salad
Main Course
Turkey, Stuffing, Roast Parsnips and Potatoes, Sausages wrapped in Bacon,
Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts, Carrots, Swede (Mashed)
Bread Sauce, .Cranberry sauce, Gravy,
Desert
Has to be Christmas pudding (flamed with Brandy) with Brandy Butter or Sauce or Custard or Clotted or Whipped Cream
Finish with
Cheese Board or Christmas Cake
We have a big family meal (12 to 16) so may have other Vegetables as well and normally a couple of different stuffing’s
Wine during the meal And Irish Coffee to finish
( http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-an-irish-coffee )
Andy C
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A prawn cocktail or pate and melba toast to start then a really traditional roast is goose not turkey,i think goose is much nicer but i guess its personal preference serve that with roast potatoes that have been roasted in goose or duck fat,you can buy it in most good supermarkets or if not most deli’s,you have to have sausages wrapped in bacon,brussle sprouts which you should boil but then quickly fry in butter with bacon and chestnuts which is lovely,carrots,mash potato or mash swede any veg you like really,yorkshire puddings and i always do a cauliflower cheese but i think that’s just me!! And loads of really good home made gravy defiantly not bisto!!
For afters there is the traditional xmas pudding but not everyone likes it were having that but ba trifle,cheese cake and a chocolate truffle cake….theres alot of us! I hope that helped
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A roast turkey dinner is what we have now but in victorian times before turkeys were commercially farmed it was usual to have a roast goose
The goose was stuffed with chestnut and pork stuffing with some thyme herbs. also used was piggy pudding which is black pudding (dont know if you have this in the states???)
With the goose was served carrots and potatos which were roast in the roasting tray with the goose.
Sprouts were also eaten as they were seasonal veg of the time.
For your sweet we have christmas pudding also known as plumb pudding. Made from sweet mince meat and dried plumbs soaked in brandy.
Serve with brandy butter, cream or custard.
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Think about a thanks giving dinner, then throw out any yams or pumpkin (including pumpkin pie) add Christmas pudding at the end and viola Xmas dinner.
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That will be a Burger King then.
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