Christmas Dinner 2025 - what are you planning?


 
Might do a repeat of the jelly-rolled pork loin that was stuffed with shrooms, onions, Italian parsley, and mozzarella cheese then wrapped in bacon and cooked on the gasser rotisserie....
 
What would you do with only a kettle and a wsm at hand?

I'm a big fan of the Kettle, and I plan to cook mine in my Star-Spangled kettle this year.

You can do an indirect cook in you kettle and it will turn out fantastic. You don't really need to do a snake, if you have a charcoal basket, just overfill it, put two or three fully lit charcoals on the charcoal in the basket, let the kettle heat up to anywhere between 250 to 350 (If you go with 350, you probably don't have to sear it and your roast could be done in an hour. If you go with 250, figure 1/2 hour per pound, but check it often, you don't want to over cook it
 
It will be on Christmas Eve but we’re doing our 28th Annual Orphans Christmas/Food Orgy. We have around 25 family and friends that are coming over.

APPETIZERS: Shrimp Cocktail, smoked Gouda wrapped in prosciutto and drizzled with hot honey, pumpkin belavitano on sea salt pita crackers with hot honey, Fritos scoops dip, rosemary cashews, baked Brie with spiced cherry jam.

MAIN COURSE: Teriyaki smoked salmon, smoked salmon with lemon olive oil and fresh dill, bourbon/molasses baked ham, smoked garlic/herb turkey, roasted carrots with rosemary, dill drizzled with white garlic balsamic vinegar, roasted purple, red and Yukon Gold potatoes with rosemary, fresh green beans with garlic, prosciutto and Italian herbs, cranberry/pineapple sauce and rolls.

DESSERTS: Nutella mousse, lemon mousse, chocolate truffle cookies and homemade snickers bars.

DRINKS: Various beers, red, white and dry rose wines and a selection of over 100 bourbons and rye whiskies.

We tell everyone to just show up, hungry.
 
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