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Christmas Eve Menu

Source of Recipe

My Own


Recipe Introduction

This is our traditional Christmas Eve menu. It is drawn from old family traditions and some new ideas that I came up with.

List of Ingredients

Turkey breasts
Ham
Gravy
Paula Deen's Oyster Stuffing (one recipe makes enough for 20)
Sour Cream Cheese Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes with Bourbon Syrup
Bebo’s Fruit Salad
Jo’s Cucumbers/2009 Green salad w/ Marlene's Bleu Cheese & Daddy's Paprika dressings
Cranberry sauce extraordinaire/2009 Orange-Cranberry Sauce
Relish Tray – Pickles, Olives, Celery & pimento cheese Small Brioche/yeast rolls
Lemon chess tarts
Assorted Christmas Goodies



Recipe

Shopping List *buy ahead #make ahead
Turkey –
*Turkey
*Bell’s Seasoning
*Ham


#Gravy –
Turkey wings
Butter
Flour
Chicken broth

Oyster Stuffing –
*Oysters
*Bread – I used to use regular supermarket white, but have been experimenting for the past few years using a good French or whole-wheat loaf. I don’t think I’ll ever go back


*Butter
*Onions – frozen chopped works great!
Celery
*Bell’s Seasoning
*Chicken broth

#Cheese Potatoes –
Baking potatoes
Sour cream
Butter
Chives
Cheddar cheese – the best you can find
Cream cheese

#Sweet Potatoes w/ Bourbon Syrup
Sweet potatoes
Butter
Brown sugar
Cinnamon
Maple Syrup
Bourbon
Sugar

Bebo’s Fruit Salad –
Bananas
*Mandarin oranges
*Maraschino cherries
Grapes
*Frozen peaches
Pears
Apples
Gold pineapple
*Miracle whip
*Walnuts
*Lemon juice

Jo’s Cucumber Salad –
1 c. plain yogurt
*Sugar
*Vinegar
*Mustard
Sweet onion
2 English cucumbers

#Orange/cranberry Sauce -
fresh cranberries
sugar
oranges

Relish Tray –
*Pickles
*Olives
Celery
Pimento cheese

Brioche – Ukrops Bakery

Lemon Chess Tarts –
*Sugar
*Butter
Eggs
2 lemons
*Tart shells