What’s going to be on your Christmas menu this year? In my hometown of Adelaide I will be spending Christmas with my immediate family; a nice intimate lunch that progresses into dinner with 27 of us!! Yes you read that right 27 of us – as usual it is a ‘my big fat Greek Christmas’!!!
Our family lunch features some of the traditional Christmas menu items but also includes those Greek staples we love! Here is a sneak peek into some of the items on our Christmas day menu.
From The Webber Charcoal BBQ
Roast Lamb
Roast Pork
Roast Turkey
From The BBQ
Greek Loukaniko sausages
BBQ Beef sausages
BBQ Lamb Souvlaki
BBQ Lemon and Oregano Chicken Souvlaki
From The Ocean
Oysters two ways: lemon and rocket pesto, pickled ginger and sesame
Fresh prawns and lobster served with lemon and my aunty’s homemade seafood sauce
BBQ Prawn skewers
BBQ barramundi infused with lemon, chilli and coriander (Mum’s specialty)
Salads
Caprese salad
Greek salad
Prawn cocktail
Green salad
Dessert
This year we are bringing Heston Blumenthal to our table with his Hidden Orange Christmas Pudding. Obviously we will be needing a lot of them! Served with ice cream of course.
Fresh seasonal fruit platter
Pavlova
Galaktobureko (Greek semolina custard in filo pastry)
Baklava
Beverage Station
Champagne
Assortment of white and red wine
Assortment of beers
My sisters famous Christmas punch
Non-alcoholic beverages
You will be forgiven for thinking that you were reading a banquet buffet menu for an Adelaide event…….well when my family host a function it certainly is an event – lucky for everyone my Adelaide event management company Eventful Projects knows how to put on a party!
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