A pescetarian alternative for ragoût with meat Recently I have published the recipe for vol-au-vent with ragoût of chicken meat. That once was a classic Dutch first course for Christmas dinner. Here is an alternative for people who do not eat meat, but do eat fish. This ragoût can also be used as stuffing for…
christmas
Some people enjoy cooking a Christmas dinner for the whole family, others enjoy their dinners at a restaurant, or just prepare something simple. There are many traditional dishes for Christmas. Some are national dishes, but there are also traditional dishes that are specific for just one family.
On this page are dishes that are traditional and dishes that I myself associate with Christmas. A complete list of all the recipes on Coquinaria can be found on this page.
I wish you joy and good luck with planning and preparing meals for Christmas. If there are any questions, please send me an email.
Cranberry-walnutbread
This is a really festive bread. It’s tasty, and looks merry with the little red berries. I like eating it with blue cheese, but with just butter it already is a treat. This recipe is inspired by the dried cranberries that are suddenly appearing in stores in November. And I love maple syrup, especially in…
To make a trifle
Straight to the recipe Mrs Beeton’s calorie bomb Our Christmas dinner from 2011 was themed Austen and Dickens. The recipe on this page was the dessert: trifle. An enjoyable dish to prepare, but a veritable mountain of sugar and liquor at the close of the meal. The dish can be prepared almost completely in advance;…
Clear Oxtail Soup
Haute cuisine for the Middle Class In my youth we used to eat oxtail soup as the first course of our Christmas dinner. My mother did not really like cooking, so the rest of the year our dinner fare was simple. If she did serve soup, it was prepared from a can or stock cube….