Christmas side dishes
Finding vegetable sides for Christmas lunch can be a bit of a challenge for me. I want everything to look really beautiful. But I also want it to be something different to what might be eaten throughout the year. I have found a couple of Christmas side dishes that I think you will love.
Honeyed Carrots
This year I decided to make good old honeyed carrots for Christmas. I love to try and keep the flavours among the dishes similar so they all taste good together. Because the pumpkin had honey in it I thought honeyed carrots would work well.
First thing I did was make a honey butter for serving. To do this use 3 heaped tablespoons of room temperature butter, 2 teaspoons honey and 2 teaspoons of finely chopped parsley. Mix well and then put the mixture onto some baking paper and roll into a small log. Then place it in the freezer until the carrots are ready. You could do this days before and have it ready to go.
Honeyed Carrots
Ingredients
- 4 Carrots, cut in to sticks
- 40 grams butter
- 3 tsp honey
Instructions
- Boil carrots in a saucepan with water until just tender. This will take around 10 minutes depending on the size of your carrot sticks. Drain the water from the carrots and put back on the heat.
- Add butter and honey and cook on medium high for about 10 minutes or until the mixture has caramelised as per the picture.
- Serve with the honey parsley butter.
Broccolini with hazelnuts
I wanted to have a green side dish so chose broccolini and added a topping that included hazelnuts. This recipe serves about four and uses one bunch of broccolini. If you need to serve more people just double the recipe.
Broccolini with Hazelnuts
Ingredients
- 1 bunch broccolini
- 1/3 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup roasted and chopped hazelnuts
- 1 tsp finely grated lemon rind
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp shaved parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Boil broccolini in saucepan and water for approximately 6 minutes.
- Heat oil in a small frying pan, add breadcrumbs and hazelnuts and fry until golden. Add lemon rind stir for 30 seconds and remove from heat.
- Drain broccolini and put on serving platter. Top with breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese.
I hope you enjoyed the side dishes I’ll be serving this Christmas. If you make any let me know what you think.
If you’re looking for some meat to go with these sides, have a look at my easy Christmas ham or Pork belly with cherry sauce.
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