I think I need to go on a diet or something. After a hearty lunch on Christmas Eve, we had another hearty dinner on Christmas day. Sirloin steaks covered in black pepper and mushroom sauce, goose fat roasted potatoes and purple sprouting broccoli. No turkey for us! Hope your Christmas lunch/dinner was also good!
I have to share this amazing torró, one of two, from my friend who brought it over on Christmas Eve. While traditional torró is based on almonds, these were mainly chocolate and the one pictured below was filled with ganache with cava and little cubes of fruity jelly. Amazing! If you’re interested, they were from La Rosa de Jericó in Valencia.
Thu, 27 Dec, 2007 at 07:23
your Christmas dinner looks amazing and so does this turro!
Thu, 27 Dec, 2007 at 08:06
>>No turkey for us! <<
It’s not so much the turkey on Christmas Day I object to, as the turkey butties for a week afterwards, and the turkey stir-fry on New Year’s Eve!
I’m a bit annoyed because the supermarket had sold out of my favourite breakfast sausages (thin pork chipolatas) … presumably, to stuff up some unfortunate bird!
However … my grandchildren don’t like Christmas pudding, so we had chocolate fudge cake! Yum!
Thu, 27 Dec, 2007 at 23:22
Kat: Thank you! The torro is really something…I need to make a trip to Valencia and sniff out their other specialities!
travelrat: Oooh, the neverending leftovers! I don’t like Christmas pudding either…but I’ve got one saved up for New Year’s Eve as we’re having guests over. I….probably will not partake in it.
Chocolate fudge cake sounds like a much better alternative!