Christmas was a very happy affair in my corner of the world. It started on Christmas Eve, when we had the first feast with my sister in-law, her husband and three sons. My oldest nephew - just turned ten - made excellent biscuits that he served us with coffee after his mother had fed us a beautiful meal of pork and vegetables.
This young man is promising to be a great cook as well as a prudent housekeeper. Here he demonstrates a perfect use for the leftover chocolate ganache that filled the biscuits:
As always we celebrated Christmas Day at our house with many portions of both our families. It was bright and sunny but not too hot to make quaffing kilos of roasted meats and plum pudding difficult.
The highlight of Christmas for all of us is my mother-in-law's pudding. My brothers start inquiring about the pudding from about September onwards.
You have to be quick to see the pudding in all its glory. It doesn't last long.
If you look closely you'll see the washing up piling up in the sink in the background. Here's where I make my Christmas confession: I actually enjoy the clean up.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas in what ever way you chose to mark the day. Tomorrow's post will be about the gifts Santa left; as always he met and exceeded my expectations.
Did you have a lovely Christmas? What happened?
Sounds wonderful! Glad you had a good time.
ReplyDeleteThank you - I did, Shybiker. I'm also very happy to be back in blogland.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing a young man develop a passion for cooking. Ganache at aged ten? What will he be making at twenty? I swoon to think of it...
ReplyDeleteThe pudding looks rich and heavy and delicious, a lot like fruitcake, which I (secretly) love.
I'm glad you & yours spent a happy Christmas!
Your nephew's cookies look wonderful... and I wish I could try that pudding-- I've only ever had the Jello kind, not a traditional one.
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