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Festive Food: Holiday Recipe Ideas

Whether you’re hosting a party or responsible for bringing a decked out dish to your holiday bash, Newswatch 16 has some ideas. The following ideas are co...
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Whether you’re hosting a party or responsible for bringing a decked out dish to your holiday bash, Newswatch 16 has some ideas.

The following ideas are courtesy of Chef Gary Edwards, Executive Chef & Co/Owner of “Fire and Ice on Toby Creek” near Dallas.

Baked Brie (a dish stuffed with fresh cranberries, candied walnuts, topped with local honey glazed almonds and lingonberries )

  • Serves 4
  • 3-4 oz brie cheese
  • 2 puff pastry squares
  • 1 egg
  • 8-10 fresh cranberries
  • 3 oz. candied walnuts
  • 2 oz. almonds
  • 1 oz. fresh honey (twin oaks farm)
  • 3 oz. lingonberries
  • Shaker cinnamon sugar

Imported from England - Caramelized Onion Cheddar Baked Mac and Cheese Finished with Dried Cranberry.

  • 4-5 oz. boiled noodles
  • 4-5 oz. bechemel
  • 3 oz. heavy cream
  • 2 oz white wine
  • 4 oz. caramelized onion cheddar  (igourmet cheese importer)
  • 2 oz. panko bread crumbs
  • 1 oz dried cranberries

Hearth Baked Rum Drink  (eggnog french toast baked custard topped with walnut banana foster and fresh cranberry).

  • 5-6 slices your favorite french toast recipe. We use Fire and Ice hearth baked fresh daily by our Pastry chef Cathy Bennett.
  • 6 oz. Fresh Egg nog.
  • 2 fresh eggs. (Local free roaming best!)
  • 2 oz. white rum
  • 2 oz. fresh cranberries

Banana Foster

  • 3 oz. butter (divided)
  • 2 ea. Bananas
  • 1 oz cocoa liquor
  • 1 oz banana liquor
  • 3 oz maple syrup
  • Cinnamon

Winter Berry Sangria

  • 2 apples
  • 1 cup cranberries
  • 2 sprigs rosemary
  • 4 shots grape vodka ( or grape juice)
  • 1/2 cup simple syrup
  • 1 bottle pinot grigio
  • Top off with club soda

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