This year the matriarch (my mom) is hosting since her house is done up so well for the holiday and I haven’t decorated this year. I’ll be bringing dishes and finishing them there and am trying to make minimal mess in her kitchen, so have mixed up the menu a bit:
My menu:
- Potato mushroom soup with a variety of wild mushrooms (some I harvested myself foraging earlier this year with a friend)
- Smoked salmon dip
- Shrimp cocktail with white horseradish sauce
- Baked brie
- Fresh baked bread (rye if I can find the rye flour)
- Brussels sprouts with balsamic and honey
- Cannellini beans with spinach
- pierogi, various kinds - potato and cheddar cheese, & potato and onion.
- broiled salmon with miso glaze
- Kutia (barley pudding, or can be made as wheat berry pudding)
- Tropical fruit compote
- Dessert: Kolaczki cookies by my mom, the best cookie maker I know.
More inspiration: Polish Christmas Eve Supper Recipe | The Spruce Eats