Also doing prime rib. I’ve used this a few times with great results. #seriouseatsbanboi
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Reverse sear method works so well, for things besides prime rib too. It’s the best way to cook an individual steak and it’s essentially the method I used to roast a duck for thanksgiving too.
I use Kenji’s recipe as well. Basically you want to go as low and slow as you can. A remote thermometer puts it on autopilot, but you can use a quick-read digital probe thermometer as well.
I hope the grocery store gives me the full roast. I’m ordering directly from them but last time I ordered a decent sized roast from instacart the dude picked out two small roasts totaling the weight, and Kraft horseradish. I was pretty pissed.
Kenji’s yorkshire pudding recipe is not hard at all, and you can make the batter the night before to reduce the workload Christmas day.
From last year:
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We’re doing Kenji’s beef wellington this year as a change of pace. Got chanterelles for the duxelles. Gotta track down some ducks for their livers tomorrow. Hopefully they can be found.
Sides of roasted brussels sprouts and my grandma’s port cherry jello, which the girls will love and which tastes like childhood.
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I guess I can include links:
I do the serious eats beef wellington minus the foie gras.
Chinese food I guess
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I’ve done that, too, but I kinda want to try it. And as long as I’m cooped up, yolo.
Will probably be spending Christmas either by myself or with my vegetarian friend. Trying to figure out what I can make that would be decadent and qualify as vegetarian friendly.
The only Christmas Staple I’ve used in the past that I could use for a vegetarian meal is twice baked potatoes.
Since you didn’t say vegan, my first instinct is a vegetarian lasagna.
Vegetarian risotto
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The 2 recs you’ve received above are good ones! Great food obviously but also fun and communal recipes to make together, if that’s part of your agenda.
I’m making the veggie pot pie that I shared recently in the Cooking Good Food thread. It’s prep heavy but creative and easy-ish to make.
We’re also doing a martini side-by-side tasting. Dirty, dry, vodka, gin, all the garnishes.
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On the present front, did anyone else have these as a kid?
pretty fun
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Yeah, might have had that exact set. Good toys.
Can you make risotto without chicken broth?
If you can, highly recommend you do a truffle mushroom risotto:
Make risotto with a low sodium broth
Saute mushrooms and put them in
Use truffle salt and truffle oil to taste, unless you can find actual truffles, then put those in.
Vegetable broth. Agree on the rest of your recommendations. Sounds like a great dish.
Wasn’t sure if risotto needs the fat in the broth.
That’s one of my wife’s favorite dishes, and she doesn’t actually like mushrooms.
Yeah, depending on how persnickety the vegetarian is, vegetable broth should work, and you can add a couple-few packets of gelatin if allowed to give the vegetable stock extra body.