Twelve Days of Christmas
Time to Get Your Christmas On!
Yes, really it’s that time of year!
12 Days of Christmas 2012
So that’s really is it for another year – I hope you all have a fantastically Merry Christmas and I’ll be back sharing recipes again in the New Year x
Here’s 2012’s full recipe round up!
Ideas for Decorating your Christmas Cake
Gingerbread Giant Men & Sleighs
Cranberry Topped Bacon and Sausage Tarts
Chocolate Mincemeat Bear Claws
Christmas Tuiles and Lemon Posset
Christmas Recipe Videos – Persil
And you thought I’d finished?!?
I just wanted to share with you some Christmas recipe videos that I filmed for www.persildishwash.co.uk to celebrate the launch of their limited edition, Warm Spice Persil washing-up liquid and whilst they’re not up on their website yet I really wanted you to see them before I sign off for Christmas!
Day 12 – Christmas Scones
How about leaving something a little bit different for Father Christmas this year?
A Christmas Scone filled with cream would send him on his way just nicely!
Ingredients:-
225g self-raising flour
50g butter, cold diced
20g caster sugar
Day 11 – Cheese Oatcake Crackers
A lovely little addition to the Christmas Cheeseboard for Day 11 of TPW 12 Days of Christmas
Ingredients:
120g oatbran (cereal aisle in the supermarket)
160g porridge oats
salt and black pepper
85g flavoursome Cheshire cheese
50ml olive oil
100ml hot water
Day 10 – Carrot and Houmous Filo Rolls
Day 10 of the 12 Days and it’s something else for the buffet table – or for snacking on at lazy Christmas lunches
Ingredients:
3 sheets of Filo Pastry
130g grated carrot
100g houmous
30g butter, melted
Makes 12.
Preheat the oven to 180c (fan)/200c/Gas Mark 5.
Day 9 – Christmas Tuiles
Day 9 and today is a posh desert – Lemon Posset with Christmas Tuiles!
Ingredients:
2 egg whites, large
120g caster sugar
60g plain flour
55g butter, melted and cooled
Lemon Posset
Simple ingredients to make a delicious Desert!
Ingredients:
3 lemons, zest and juice
500ml double cream
150g caster sugar
Makes 4.
Day 7 – Chocolate Mincemeat Bear Claws
How about a Chocolate Mincemeat Bear Claw for Day 7 of The Pink Whisk 12 Days of Christmas – a great alternative to a Mince Pie!
You will need:
1/2 x qty of Danish Pastry – recipe here
1 x qty of Chocolate Mincemeat recipe here
1 egg, for egg wash
A little icing sugar to dust
Plus, hungry volunteers to eat them!
Chocolate Mincemeat
A brilliant way to sparkle up a regular jar of Christmas Mincemeat – turn it into Chocolate Mincemeat. And before you all turn your noses up at the idea, I was a real non-believer….until I tried it!
Ingredients:
1 x 411g jar of Mincemeat
1 1/2 tbsps cocoa powder
1 tbsp water
