Appetizer:
Brie en Croute with Raspberry Jam and Almonds
Plus Platter of European Cheeses
served with Grapes, Pears and medley of crackers.
Main Course:
Standing Rib Roast
Giant Popovers
Roasted Vegetables: Green Beans, Carrots, Boiler Onions
Sour Cream and Chive Mashed Potatoes
Field Green and Purple Onion Salad with Mandarin Orange Garnish Topped with Toasted Sunflower Seeds with Japanese Sweet Rice Wine Vinegar and Olive Oil ( delicious sweet/sour taste)
Cabernet Sauvignon Wine
Desserts
Platters of Various Home Made European Cookies
( what I've doing all week while I post on and off)
Viennese Almond Horns
Hazelnut French Madeleines
Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti
Dutch Chocolate Crackles
Citrus Shortbread ( Florida and Scotland)
Meringues
Sugar Cookies ( universal)
Peanut Butter Blossoms ( my one American one)
Mini-Gingerbread Cupcakes for the toddlers
topped with cream cheese frosting and colored sprinkles
and a mini gingerbread boy garnish
Angel Food Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting
dotted with a few fresh raspberries with spearmint leaves
and dusted with confectionary sugar served with a Raspberry Fruit Sauce
Coffee
Cranberry Tea Punch
( mulled with cinnamon sticks, allspice berries, and whole cloves)
I am exhausted. I just finished baking and filling my last cookie tin for gifts.
My kitchen is a frickin' disaster. Someone send me a maid to clean up.