細雨 Continous Mist
Beatiful life with beatiful mind!
Another year goes by... I am not sure how many times I have use this sentence for my Christmas posting. Not enough, I guess.
年複一年，又一年過去了，餅幹做好，正值周末，送給鄰居，感謝他們一年來的照顧，祝他們聖誕快樂。。。
As usual, we have our Christmas dinner on the Christmas Eve. This year, we have Elk Roast for the main course. I have never cooked Elk Roast in the past. But I can't tell that how delicious it was.
和往年一樣我們家的聖誕晚餐是在平安夜。今年秋天感謝上蒼先生有去打獵的機會，帶回家一隻駝鹿，我還從來沒有吃過烤駝鹿腿，這次是第一次，真不愧為山中第一美味。
2018 Christmas Eve dinner menu:
Cold plate: Caviar, smoked Gouda cheese, Italian dry Salami, dry cranberries, etc.
Green salad with pears with homemade garlic ranch dressing
twice cooked potatoes
Roasted green beans, brussels sprouts, and sweet red peppers
Homemade cranberry sauce
Elk Roast
Homemade Buttery dinner rolls
Dessert: Homemade minced meat pie and Coconut cream pie
聖誕晚餐菜單：
冷盤：魚子醬，熏Gouda芝士，意大利幹腸，蔓越果脯，等等
綠色時蔬和梨色拉配自己做的蒜味色拉醬汁
雙烤土豆
烤四季豆，烤甘藍，烤紅椒
自己做的蔓越果醬
烤無骨駝鹿腿
家做的奶油晚餐麵包
甜點：碎肉果脯派，奶油椰子派
Cold plate for appetizer:
Caviar, smoked Gouda cheese, Italian dry Salami, dry cranberries, etc.
冷盤：魚子醬，熏Gouda芝士，意大利幹腸，蔓越果脯，等等
Green salad and pears with homemade garlic ranch dressing
綠色時蔬和梨色拉配自己做的蒜味色拉醬汁：脆脆的亞洲梨做配料老少皆愛，配上自己做的蒜味色拉醬真的很棒
Side dishes: twice cooked potatoes
雙烤土豆：烤好的土豆，一切兩半，取出土豆泥，拌如芝士，酸奶油，培根，少許鹽和胡椒粉，放回土豆皮中，撒上芝士，350F 烤箱再烤10分鍾就好了
Another side dishes: Roasted green beans, brussels sprouts, and sweet red peppers
另外一個配餐是老少都愛的烤四季豆，烤甘藍，烤紅椒，撒上鹽和胡椒粉，扔進烤箱，350F，10分鍾就好，再簡單不過了
Another picture...
Homemade Cranberry Sauce:
In the winter, how can we not to have cranberry sauce for the roast meat dish... Homemade cranberry sauce. Paired with orange or kiwi would be the best!
自己做的蔓越果醬：
說來烤肉，這麽能沒有蔓越果醬！自己家做的蔓越果醬配上獼猴桃或者橘子都無可挑剔。。。
The homemade cranberry sauce gives the tangy taste and brings the full flavor of the roast meat, especially for venison, or Elk. It is a must have if you cook venison...
Make it individual dish for the cranberry sauce is our favorite.
自己做的蔓越果醬果香帶甜，微帶酸會讓烤肉味道更濃，西方人的這項發明非常棒，蔓越果醬做成小份的非常合適
Elk Roast:
My husband got a Elk in 2018. It is first time for me to cook the Elk roast in my life. I was nervous about it because I know how much my husband loved Elk. Don't want to ruin it. I did some research on the internet and followed the warning sign not to cook too long. It came out of oven with 130F inside gave the whole family joy. Kids loved them as well which hard to believe. I guess the gene is there...
烤無骨駝鹿腿
今年先生打到一隻駝鹿，這是我第一次烤駝鹿腿，別說還真有些緊張，很怕烤太幹，糟蹋了辛辛苦苦的打獵戰利品，查了很多資料
Homemade Buttery dinner rolls.
Our traditional butter rolls tasted so buttery even without butter. Please see my blog for the recipe.
Dessert: Homemade Venison minced meat pie and Coconut cream pie
Time is precious for me as a full time working woman and three kids mom at home. I didn't get chance to make to the grocery early enough and didn't have enough time to find minced meat pie stuffing. The only option is to make it by myself and simplify the ingredients on hands. I made it with deer meat this year. It was unbelievable
Ingredients:
a cup of raisins and dry cranberries,
1/2 cup candied citric fruit peels,
2 cups of apples,
1 cup brown sugar,
1 cup of apple juice,
1 cup water,
1 tsp all spices, clover, cinnamon, pinch of salt,
1 lb ground deer meat.
Use a heavy bottom pot and bring all above to boil. Simmer for 1 hr with cover. Cool and make pie filling.
碎肉派是由歐洲後裔帶來美國的傳統甜點，想來19世紀初美國人煙稀少的西部，物資缺少，用碎肉做的派是西部牛仔向往的美味甜點，流傳甚廣，如今美其名曰“碎肉派”也沒有肉做的，從去年開始我家的聖誕晚餐桌子上開始了真正的碎肉派。。。今年我用鹿肉做了碎肉派，味道很棒，老公讚不絕口。。。
It is classic dessert in the wild west America. In the old days, this dessert melted cowboy's heart.....
I also made a coconut cream pie to delight the kids. The dinner is completed.
小朋友們還沒有吃慣碎肉派，所以就做了一個椰蓉奶油派，晚餐就算是配套齊了。。。
Kids opened the last little window on the Christmas calendar and told me that tomorrow is the Christmas. Merry Christmas!
小朋友們打開了聖誕日曆上的最後一個小窗口，告訴我明天是聖誕節！聖誕快樂！
I don't have special photo studio. I take photos on our dinner table, just for fun. Enjoy dinner together as family is far more important than anything else. Wish everyone had a happy holiday.
特此說明，所以的照片都是我家飯桌上拍的，家裏燈光較暗，沒有冷光，不適合拍照，但給我溫馨的感覺，況且拍照隻是玩兒，一家子圍坐一起享受美食比任何都重要，祝大家節日快樂！
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!