It's that time of the year ! (part 1)

Ho ho ho, it's Christmas all over London!

First of all, let's talk about the new place-to-be in Notting Hill: JB&M's Private Dinner.

As everybody is going back home for Christmas, JB (my flatmate) and I decided to throw this little dinner party to say each other goodbye and enjoy an experimental home-made meal (we cooked a turkey for the first time in our entire existence) with a few friends.

Christmas is all about sharing a magical moment with people you love. So we did our best to offer a nice menu:

Special thanks to JB for being an incredible cookmate, Gab for being the best Conchita, Niccolo for the Bossa Nova, our guests for showing up and enjoying the meal, the kitchen for surviving the preparation and Mr Locksmith for helping us getting out of the building ;)

Appetizers
Home Made Mulled Wine

Salmon and Chive Rolls

Devils on Horseback

Cherry Tomatoes, Buffalo Mozzarella and Their Friend Basil

Meat Platter

Starter

Autumnal Salad with Honey-Mustard Dressing

(Blue Cheese, Pears, Walnut)

Main Course

Turkey à l'Orange

with

French Beans, Roasted Potatoes, Wild Mushrooms, Buttery Chestnuts and Roasted Peaches

Cheese Platter

Gorgonzola

French Camembert

Goat Cheese

Dessert

Tarte Tatin, Whipped Cream

Throwing a Christmas dinner is a lot of work but most of all, a lot of fun! So I hope this post will inspire you to do the same !
To be honest, we partied the night before and had only 4h sleep... and from 11am we never left the kitchen. So if we managed to do all this in that shape, I am sure that anybody can do it as well!
You'll just need bit of Jazz and a Bossa Nova kitchen utensil jam to get you in the perfect mood!

Merry Christmas to all of you !

Appetizers

Turkey à l'Orange... not ready yet!

Buttery Chestnuts

JB&M, Cooks and Crowns

Still not ready!

Mushroom mix ready to cook!

Dinner ready!

Tarte Tatin JB&M's Style

Kitchen disaster...

Kitchen disaster!