For the first time since I was about 15 years old I was not responsible for the major cooking/cleaning/organising of Christmas Day for family and or friends.
My Grand daughter G and her lovely partner R (both Chefs) volunteered to 'do' the day. R's fun family from Hutt near Wellington New Zealand are visiting for the holidays.
I did glaze the ham by request. The oven in the townhouse was too small for the whole leg of ham.
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| Prepped this on Christmas Eve |
G had to cut the bone off the end with my pruning saw it was so big. Wouldn't fit in my Le Cruset baking dish (not that I would have been able to lift the dish and the ham). I bought an aluminium baking dish which of course is not 'firm'. What fun I had lifting this out every 15 minutes on Christmas morning to paint it with the fig glaze.
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| Discovered this fig glaze 13 years ago |
Ham with the fig glaze has been such a family favourite that I have made it every year since 2000. I usually do a spicy peach chutney to go with this.
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| Was worth it |
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| Me toasting 'the ham' |
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| Daughter in law C in one of her fav colours |
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| Chef R - we love him |
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| Grand daughters coleslaw - fabulous |
I took some of this home for a snack. She used a bottled dressing that was fabulous - who would have thought.
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| Fresh bar b qued prawns cooked by a Kiwi |
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| Lovely veggie selection |
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| Great potato salad |
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| G's yummy chicken roulade's |
There was also a lovely roasted loin of pork that missed the photo's with a wonderful gravy, plus oodles of cheese and smoked salmon plus fresh oysters.
A great time with R's family - fun day.
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