Elegant Christmas Day Buffet Recipes

Drizzle the skin with olive oil to help it crisp and brown in the oven.

A celebratory holiday meal usually involves a lot of heavy dishes—roasted meats, hearty sides, and lots of butter. Sometimes all you want is a light, refreshing salad with some crunch and acid to balance out all the richness. You can whisk up the simple lemon mustard dressing in no time, and it brings all the ingredients together. Frisee, Bacon, and Goat-Cheese Salad. This salad looks deceptively plain, but the greens are livened up with a mix of fresh herbs: You can make this salad a day ahead, too; just mix up the vinaigrette in a bowl, toss the lettuce leaves with the herbs in a another bowl, then cover and store separately in the fridge overnight.

Before serving, whisk the dressing again to recombine and drizzle over the prepared salad. Tender Greens With Champagne Vinaigrette. Steamed broccoli might sound boring, but give this everyday veggie a holiday lift with the addition of toasted hazelnuts. First, toast the hazelnuts in the oven until fragrant make sure to keep an eye on them, as they can burn quickly. The crunchy nuts, fragrant garlic, and bright citrus will give broccoli a boost that even haters will love. Broccoli With Toasted Garlic and Hazelnuts. The sprouts are roasted, which brings out their nutty, sweet flavors and makes them tender and a bit crisp.

Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Pecans. It seems as if every southern cook has a recipe for this classic. Here, a straightforward approach gets its bite from pungent garlic. Make sure to discard the tough collard stems and cut the leaves into thin strips, which helps them become tender more quickly. This dish is simple and light, making it a refreshing and healthy addition to your holiday menu to balance out the heavier dishes. And if you already have a southern theme going on Cornbread stuffing? If the carrots are cooked to your liking before the liquid becomes a glaze, just remove the veggies, continue cooking the liquid until reduced, then return the carrots to the skillet and toss before serving.

Green beans are a staple side dish for any holiday meal, not just Thanksgiving. There are no creamy sauces or fried onions here; this lighter recipe pairs tender green beans with garlic and pine nuts and takes just 15 minutes to make. Season and toss, and the dish is ready for your table.

Bring the flavors of the season to your Christmas table with this unique take on sweet potatoes—no marshmallows allowed. You can even prepare the syrup two days ahead. Cut the potatoes into long wedges to make them look especially elegant. This dish is so good, you might even work it into your regular weeknight meal rotation.

For a more rustic presentation, try serving sweet potatoes another way—mashed with honey, orange juice, sour cream, and nutmeg. The honey brings out their sweetness, while the sour cream adds some creaminess and helps smooth out the mash without making it too rich. Add a sprinkle of nutmeg as a nod to the holiday.

The result is hearty, comforting, and perfectly seasonal—a great dish to include in your Christmas menu. Give earthy root vegetables the love they deserve by roasting them with brown sugar, olive oil, and apple cider vinegar. During the last 10 minutes of cooking, add shiitake or cremini mushrooms, or a mix of both so much more flavorful than white button mushrooms , to roast along with the rest of the veggies.

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Sweet, nutty, tender vegetables with a little crispness around the edges. Make sure you spread the veggies in two small roasting pans to give them room to brown and caramelize instead of crowding them into one. A creamy, comforting gratin is just the thing to warm up your holiday table. This recipe calls for ham, but you can easily skip it to make the dish vegetarian. The cauliflower bakes in the dairy-heavy sauce in the oven until meltingly tender, while a topping of bread crumbs adds a little texture and crunch. Cauliflower and Ham Gratin. With the bright red of the grape tomatoes, this dish even looks festive.

It has a nice sharpness and bite to it, thanks to the shallots and briny capers, which makes it a refreshing addition on the table to cut through the richer dishes. Make sure to use a decent drinking wine for the recipe, and feel free to serve the rest of the bottle with dinner or treat the cook to a glass before the holiday guests arrive. Rich with cream, potato gratin is a special-occasion recipe in all meanings of the phrase. Toss peeled, sliced potatoes in a mixture of cream, horseradish, and nutmeg, then transfer to a buttered baking dish.

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Cover with foil, bake for 25 minutes, then uncover and bake for another hour or so, until the potatoes are tender and the top is golden brown. What feast is complete without a hearty side of mashed potatoes? These are flavored with sour cream and scallions to elevate them without getting overly fancy or complicated. We like to use red potatoes and leave the skin on to add some color and create a more rustic texture. Start by boiling the potatoes until tender, then mashing with sour cream, milk, and butter until you get just the right consistency.

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Eat these family-friendly sausage rolls with a chutney or pickle. They make a great snack for a party buffet. Oven-cook your favourite soft cheese until gooey for this last-minute crowd-pleaser.

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An easy recipe for a dinner party or when entertaining at Christmas. Try a veggie twist by using chopped toasted nuts instead of pancetta for crunch. Whet the appetite for the main event by serving guests this special chicken terrine with leeks and apricots. It can be made up to three days ahead. Serve on skewers with a lemon and vermouth mayonnaise on the side.

You will want impeccably fresh fish, shellfish, and seafood stock, so be sure to order what you need from your fishmonger ahead of time. Because this dish is all about the ingredients, your work in the kitchen takes just 15 minutes.

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Basil lends its fragrance to the stew and to a winter fruit salad on Christmas Day. The components of this dish and the fruit salad from the brunch menu keep well, so you can buy them a few days ahead of time. On Christmas Eve morning, get the enjoyably messy task of seeding the pomegranate out of the way. To bring the meal to a close, add something nice for dessert -- and that's where a great bakery or sweets shop comes in.

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Arranging cookies, chocolates, or a plum pudding on a pretty plate is a way to create bounty without creating more work. Winter Fruit Salad with Basil Syrup. Young Fontina from northern Italy, a superb melting cheese, adds lushness and a little tang to the strata. Don't make the mistake of relegating the dish to your brunch file; it makes a hearty Sunday-night supper all winter long. And remember to put whole nutmeg on your shopping list; a bit of the freshly grated spice amplifies the other flavors, and you'll miss it if it's not there.

Think of the cheddar puffs as emergency rations to keep hunger at bay before church or while opening presents. The sweet-tart play of a winter fruit salad, which gets a lift from basil syrup, tempers the richness of the meal.