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    10 Best Christmas Dinner Menu Ideas For Festive Family Meals

    Editor 3By Editor 3October 21, 2022Updated:October 21, 2022No Comments6 Mins Read Lifestyle
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    Various menus go appropriate for Christmas dinner from festive cocktails to festive roasts.

    So, to take out the stress of the cooking ideas from the festive season, we have rounded up the 10 best impressive Christmas dinner menus in this article.

    Whether it is a more casual family dinner or an elegant holiday party, this amazing Christmas dinner recipe is going to make your dinnertime one to remember.

    Here, you will find everything from the main courses to the Christmas side dishes, and so much more. We have even added some holiday starters as well. Check it out!

    Table of Contents

    • Impressive Christmas Dinner Menu
      • 1. Peppery Roast beef
      • 2. Baked Ham with Pineapple
      • 3. Maple Bourbon Salmon
      • 4. Vegetable Tian
      • 5. Roasted sage Turkey with vegetable gravy
    • 6. Holiday herb cheese rolls
    • 7. Christmas Margarita
      • 8. Parmesan Butternut Squash:
      • 9. Apple cranberry crostata
      • 10. Carrot cake
    • Conclusion

    Impressive Christmas Dinner Menu

    For all the best dinner ideas for Christmas evening, you have come to the right place. Check out our 10 best menus:

    1. Peppery Roast beef

    You can prepare peppery roast beef with 1 boneless beef top round roast of about 4 to 5 pounds, combining it with some oil, seasoned pepper, garlic, thyme, and salt.

    Then you can bake it in the oven for about 2 to 3 hours until the meat reaches the desired doneness. The taste of this dish will surely enhance the flavor of the festive evening.

    Peppery Roast beef
    Image source: Taste of home

    2. Baked Ham with Pineapple

    You can choose baked Ham with pineapple for the festive dinner time. Pineapple is the star ingredient on this menu.

    To prepare this dish, first, you need to place ham in a roasting pan. Then you should score the surface with shallow diagonal cuts and put some cloves into the cuts. Combine reserved pineapple juice and brown sugar and this mixture pour over the ham. Then put some pineapple slices and cherries on the ham.

    Bake the ham for 30-40 minutes in the oven. This is one of the great recipes to enjoy on Christmas evening.

    Baked Ham with Pineapple
    Image source: Simply recipe

    3. Maple Bourbon Salmon

    This flavorful maple bourbon salmon dish has fancy for a festive dinner but is also easy to prepare.

    You need to place salmon on a shallow dish and combine brown sugar, maple syrup, and bourbon, with the salmon and wait for 15 minutes. Then heat oil on medium flame and cook the salmon until fish can be easily flaked. Add some walnut, and green onions for decorating the dish, and serve it hot!

    Maple Bourbon Salmon
    Image source: Delicious little bite

    4. Vegetable Tian

    This colorful and delicious vegetable Tian dish originated in France.

    With a sharp knife or mandolin cut squash, zucchini, potatoes, and tomatoes into slices. Then layer the vegetable into a snack starting with a potato slice. Drizzle lemon juice over the vegetables and sprinkle some herbs, salt, and pepper.

    Cover it with foil and bake it for an hour until the vegetables get tender. After baking, remove the foil and wait for 10 minutes before serving.

    Image source:  Eating well
    Image source: Eating well

    5. Roasted sage Turkey with vegetable gravy

    There is no such preparation at home as roasting a bird.

    You can fill the bird with some fresh sage, and thyme sprigs for delicious flavors. In a pan combine salt, garlic powder, and sage. Tie drumsticks together and pat turkey dry. Then mix this mixture over the bird and refrigerate it overnight. Next morning, transfer the turkey to a rack and mix salt, onion, carrot, and pepper over the turkey.

    You can pour wine and remaining water into the turkey cavity; add thyme sprigs, and sage and place it in the oven. It will take about 1 hour to prepare the item. Also, make smooth gravy in an oven; serve it with the turkey.

    Roasted sage Turkey with vegetable gravy
    Image source: Lisa down Bolton

    6. Holiday herb cheese rolls

    These herb cheese rolls are flavored with garlic, cheese, and dill- they are so tasty even without butter.

    When you are looking for Christmas dinner menus you are not going wrong when choosing this preparation. You need to combine flour, sugar, potato flakes, dill, garlic powder, salt, and yeast and bring butter and water to boiling.

    Then in a bowl pour boiling liquids over the oats. Stir it occasionally and add some eggs and stir enough to form the flour sticky dough. Then after adding mozzarella cheese, heat the preparation in the oven. Remove from the pan and refrigerate it.

    Holiday herb cheese rolls
    Image source: Martha Stewart

    7. Christmas Margarita

    To bring the refreshing taste of margarita into your festive celebration, this recipe offers a little flair for fun with friends and family members.

    This preparation is easy to mix up. You can combine a good silver tequila and fresh lime juice with orange liquor. You can add cinnamon sugar, rosemary, cranberry, and lime garnishes to influence the festive appeal and favor.

     Christmas Margarita
    Image source: Plating pairing

    8. Parmesan Butternut Squash:

    This parmesan butternut squash preparation is easy to assemble and needs a few hours to get ready.

    Butternut squash sprinkled with parmesan makes a super side dish for Christmas evening. You can place squash and water in a microwaved bowl and heat it until they get tendered.

    In a baking pan, toss bread crumbs with salt, pepper, and cheese, and sprinkle over squash. Now, serve this preparation to your near and dear ones!

    Parmesan Butternut Squash:
    Image source: Taste of home

    9. Apple cranberry crostata

    Apple cranberry crostata is a Christmas dessert item to grace your family dinner table.

    To prepare this dish you just need to combine butter, sugar, apples, and cranberries. Then you need to cook it until the apples start to release their liquid. Then continue to stir it for 15 minutes and let it to be cool.

    Then in an oven put the pastry sheet and put the cooked apples over the pastry. Fold up pastry borders over apples and bake until pastry is golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream.

    Apple cranberry crostata
    Image source: Food Network

    10. Carrot cake

    How can the Christmas dinner be completed without a tasty cake? The richness of the carrots and pecans elevates the flavor of the cake to the next level.

    You need to combine sugar, oil, 2 tablespoons of vanilla, eggs, baking powder, milk, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt with the help of an electric mixer. Stir in carrots and fold in pecans. Then mix flour with the mixer. Heat the mixer for about 30 minutes.

    To make the frosting beat cream cheese, butter, confectionary sugar, and vanilla together in a bowl and mix it well with the help of an electric mixer. Stir in soft pecans and frost the cooled cake.

    Carrot cake
    Image source: Joy food sunshine

    Conclusion

    This festive season is the time for baking all the sweets, cakes, cookies, pies, and cheesecakes, prepared across the world. Dinner is a great part of Christmas.

    This festival celebrates togetherness with a lot of fun. Different dinner preparations are made across the globe.

    At the dinner table on Christmas evening, there is an opportunity to spend a lot of time with your loved ones. Enjoying the best-flavored food is a great way to do it.

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