Christmas Eve Dinner
Several years ago, my parents (I think mostly my dad actually) decided to cook a standing rib roast for dinner on Christmas Eve with a rub that my dad found in the Raleigh News and Observer. He also decided to make yorkshire pudding from Joy of Cooking. I think some sort of green vegetable was probably added as an afterthought. At any rate, everything was delicious, and a tradition was born. I think they have made this meal on Christmas Eve every year but one since then, and it’s something we always look forward to. This year, we decided to expand the menu a little for the less carnivorous members of the family. (I don’t know how anyone could want anything more than an inch thick slab of red meat … but hey, more for me!)
Here was our menu for this year. I’ll add links to (most of) the recipes over the next couple days:
- Wood-fired pizza appetizers: Smoked salmon with dill and creme fraiche; Wilted spinach with blue cheese and truffle oil; and Prosciutto, roasted red pepper, and gorgonzola with honey
- Standing rib roast with rosemary garlic rub
- Yorkshire pudding
- Gnocchi with cherry tomato sauce
- Roasted eggplant
- Nutty fingers, pecan toffee, Moravian spice cookies, date rock cookies, and ambrosia for dessert
