Cheese bubble and squeak

And one of my favourite things to do post Christmas is upon us - eating left overs.  I added the remains of the honey roasted parsnips, the Brussels sprouts with pancetta and Marsala, roast potatoes and Brie to my squeak and whilst this doesn't look great, it made a great brunch.  

Apple and lemon purée

I really wasn't sure about this as the apples didn't really fall apart in the pan as Nigel had promised but I needed have worried as once whizzed this was perfect.  Again, it cut through the fattiness of the goose.

Juniper sauce

I did roast goose for Christmas dinner but rather than the way Nigel does it I joined #teamNigella and made her Bohemian Roast Goose (from Feast) which is stuffed with sauerkraut and apple giving you a lovely sharpness to counter the fattiness of the goose. However, alongside it was Nigel's juniper sauce which was predictably delicious. 

Christmas cake

Slightly less success with this in that whilst I found this perfectly edible and my mum, her partner and my brother in law really liked it (and took some away for later) my daughter hated it and my sister wouldn't try it as she thought it looked too heavy, although said she would try some after Christmas.  I was particularly pleased with the icing of the cake!

Nigel's Christmas Pudding (part 2)

Well, I'm converted.  This was delicious.  Plus I'm not the only convert as my dried fruit hating daughter and sister also tried the pudding and liked it. We had ours with salted caramel ice cream.  This isn't the worst photo from yesterday but the state of the table is telling its own story.

Nigel's Christmas Pudding

Well! Who knew that I'd be desperate to tuck in to Christmas pudding but look at this beauty!  I can't wait!  Whilst I do have a further 3 and a half hours of cooking it on Christmas Day to go, and therefore there are still things that could wrong, I think Nigel may have turned me.  My kitchen smells of Christmas right now.