FabulousFusionFood's Christmas Recipes 3rd Page

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Welcome to FabulousFusionFood's Christmas Recipes — This is the first in my occasional series on festival foods and dishes. Though considered a Christian festival these days Christmas is basically the Northern European mid-winter festival in a different guise. There are Slavic, Celtic and Germanic versions of this festival and the Celts certainly had a mid-winter feast where they would eat all the season's surplus product. Partly this was to have some fun during the darkest part of the year but it was also meant as a way of blackmailing the gods. A case of 'if you don't bring Spring early we're going to starve and whose going to worship you then!' In many ways it's hardly surprising that just about every culture has some kind of midwinter festival. Here I'm presenting Christmas or Midwinter fare down the ages, finishing-off with all the recipes you will need for a traditional 'turkey and trimmings' Christmas dinner.

Christmas is such an important celebration in the Christian calendar that it is sometimes hard to remember that it has it's origins in the pagan midwinter festivals of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Indeed, the British Puritans of the 17th century did not count Christmas amongst the Christian feasts and sought to have it expunged from the annual list of feasts. But Christmas as a midwinter festival has such ancient and deep-rooted traditions that even the puritans were unable to eliminate the tradition.

This is a continuation of the recipes listings for Christmas (the page in fact). With over 500 recipes in total, the recipes have had to be broken down into a number of individual pages, which you can scroll through below. If you would like to learn a little more about Christmas itself and the cookery traditions associated with it, then please go to the first listing page for these Christmas recipes for the main information page. Here you will get just a list of the additional Christmas recipes available on this site.


The alphabetical list of all the Christmas recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 387 recipes in total:

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Manx Butter Fudge
     Origin: Manx
Mousseline Sauce
     Origin: France
Piparkökur
(Icelandic Pepper Biscuits)
     Origin: Iceland
Marrons Glacés
(Candied Chestnuts)
     Origin: France
Mulled Mead
     Origin: Roman
Plum Cake
     Origin: Britain
Marzipan
     Origin: Britain
Mulled Wine Cheesecake II
     Origin: Britain
Podin Nadelik
(Cornish Stout and Marmalade Christmas
Pudding)
     Origin: Britain
Marzipan Centre Bundt Cake
     Origin: Fusion
Mulled Wine Sorbet
     Origin: Britain
Polvorones de Canela
(Cinnamon Shortbread)
     Origin: Spain
Matzoh Onion Stuffing
     Origin: Jewish
Mulled Wine Yule Stump Cake
     Origin: Britain
Ponche de Creme
     Origin: Trinidad
Medlar and Pear Mincemeat
     Origin: Britain
Mulled Winter Fruit Crumble
     Origin: Britain
Pork and Veal Terrine
     Origin: Britain
Medlar and Walnut Mince Tarts
     Origin: Britain
My Lady of Portlandàs Mince
Pyes

     Origin: Britain
Pressure Cooker Steamed Fruit Pudding
     Origin: Britain
Melomakrona
(Honey Semolina Biscuits)
     Origin: Greece
Nigerian Chicken Gravy
     Origin: Nigeria
Pwdin Crynu
(Quaking Pudding)
     Origin: Welsh
Menyn Melys
(Sweet Butter Sauce)
     Origin: Welsh
Non-alcoholic Glögg
     Origin: Sweden
Pwdin Nadolig
(Christmas Pudding)
     Origin: Welsh
Meringue-topped Mince Pies
     Origin: British
Ofam
(Ripe Plantain Loaf)
     Origin: Ghana
Pwdin Nadolig Bwthyn
(Cottage Christmas Pudding)
     Origin: Welsh
Messe of African Greens
     Origin: African Fusion
Old-fashioned Yule Cake
     Origin: Britain
Quesadilla Hondureña
(Honduran Quesadilla Cake)
     Origin: Honduras
Microwave Christmas Pudding
     Origin: Britain
Orange Crumble Mince Pies
     Origin: Britain
Ragoût of Turkey
     Origin: Britain
Microwave Fruity Christmas Pudding
     Origin: Britain
Orange Mincemeat
     Origin: Britain
Red Wine Sauce
     Origin: Britain
Microwave Honey Christmas Ring Cake
     Origin: Britain
Orange-glazed Ham with Mustard Cream
     Origin: Canada
Reform Cake with Almonds
     Origin: Serbia
Microwave Hot Honey Fruit Punch
     Origin: Britain
Orenau wedi Llenwi
(Stuffed Oranges)
     Origin: Welsh
Reindeer Corn
     Origin: American
Midnight Hour Cocktail
     Origin: Traditional Cocktail
Oyster Stuffing for Turkey
     Origin: Britain
Rhiwbob wedi Piclo
(Pickled Rhubarb)
     Origin: Welsh
Mince Pie Tiffin Bites
     Origin: Britain
Oysters Rockerfeller
     Origin: American
Ricciarelli
(Sienese Christmas Biscuits)
     Origin: Italy
Mincemeat and Mulled Wine Sorbet
     Origin: Britain
Pâté Nadolig
(Christmas Pâté)
     Origin: Welsh
Rich and Dark Christmas Cake
     Origin: British
Mincemeat Baklava
     Origin: Fusion
Pampoenkokies
(Christmas Fruit Fritters)
     Origin: South Africa
Rich Clootie Pudding
     Origin: Scotland
Mincemeat Blondies
     Origin: Fusion
Panettone
     Origin: Italy
Rich Fruit Cake
     Origin: British
Mincemeat Buns
     Origin: Britain
Panforte
     Origin: Italy
Ris à l'Amande
(Danish Almond Rice Pudding)
     Origin: Denmark
Mincemeat Christmas Cake
     Origin: Britain
Parsley Stuffing
     Origin: England
Risengrød
(Rice Porridge)
     Origin: Denmark
Mincemeat Croissants
     Origin: British
Pastai Nadolig Eidion a Chlementin
(Christmas Beef and Clementine Pie)
     Origin: Welsh
Riwlâd Siocled Nadoligaidd
(Christmas Chocolate Roulade)
     Origin: Welsh
Mincemeat Eccles Cakes
     Origin: Britain
Pastel De Choclo
(Corn Pudding)
     Origin: Argentina
Roast Chestnuts
     Origin: Britain
Mincemeat Eccles Cakes II
     Origin: British
Peanut Clusters
     Origin: Britain
Roast Christmas Duck with
Honey-five-spice Glaze

     Origin: Fusion
Mincemeat Samosas
     Origin: South Africa
Peli Rwm Nadolig
(Christmas Rum Balls)
     Origin: Welsh
Roast Goose Stuffed with Mashed Potato
     Origin: Fusion
Mincemeat Streusel Traybake
     Origin: Britain
Pennywise Fruit Cake
     Origin: British
Rum and Raisin Caramel Sauce
     Origin: British
Mincemeat Strudel with a Medieval
Twist

     Origin: Britain
Penzance Cake II
     Origin: England
Rum Butter
     Origin: Britain
Mincemeat Tart
     Origin: Britain
Peppermint Patties
     Origin: American
Sage and Onion Stuffed Monkfish
     Origin: Britain
Mincepies
     Origin: Britain
Perfect Mashed Potatoes
     Origin: Britain
Sausage, Apple and Cranberry Stuffing
     Origin: American
Minted Peas
     Origin: Britain
Perfect Roast Potatoes
     Origin: Britain
Sawse Madame
     Origin: Britain
Minted Racks of Lamb
     Origin: Canada
Pinafal wedi Piclo
(Pickled Pineapples)
     Origin: Welsh
Schenecken
(Crispy Butterhorns)
     Origin: Germany
Mollag
(Manx Christmas Haggis)
     Origin: Manx
Pineapple and Carnation Fruit Cake
     Origin: Britain
Monkfish Wellington
     Origin: British
Pink-brined Turkey
     Origin: American

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