Christmas Dinner Tonight Perforce! (With Updates!)
Last edited Fri Dec 15, 2023, 08:30 PM - Edit history (3)
In their infinite wisdom, Supermarkets chose to put big-ticket items on sale
TOO EARLY to be safely stored until Christmas!
Wife is working today, so Ahhm cookin'!
So Dinner = Seven Pound Rib Roast
Wife likes it Medium Well. I like it Medium-Rare. (We cook it her way 
)
Stored uncovered in the fridge overnight to dry it out,
Taking it out of the fridge @ noon to reach room temperature (three hours)!
Since I have an oven with a fan, I have to cook the old fashioned way 
Place In roasting pan (no rack) fat side up.
@14:50 Preheat oven to 450 degees.
@15:00 Put in the oven, cook @450 for 20 minutes
Then lower temp to 325 degrees, and cook for 30min/lb.
DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN DURING COOKING!
(You might want to put a sign on the oven door to that effect!)
(Our roast is actually 6.71lbs... so 3hrs 21min @325))
Remove from oven, an let it sit for 20 more minutes, to redistribute the juices.
Carve.
Sides: Sweet potatoes with sour cream and (freshly cooked) bacon
Mesclun Salad: tomato cucumber avocado hard boiled egg crumbled Bleu cheese...
Mocha Truffle chocolate cake for dessert
Happy Christmas Everybody! 
(yes these are stock photos, made you hungry anyway didn't they?)
1st Update:
Preparing The Roast.
This one. 
Rub is: 2Tbsp Colman's (dry) mustard, 6 cloves of garlic (minced), 2Tbsp Herbs de Provence,
3 tbsp butter.
Thusly:
Update 2:
Salad...found some Clementines!
Fixing the Bacon for the Sweet Potatoes
Only 50 minutes to go! 
Ooops! Forgot to buy the Sweet Potatoes, using Russet 
Have a Piece of Cake!!!
Merry Christmas to All, and to All a Good Night!
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and all I have is one little meatball.
Enjoy!
I'll still get to choose what to have for Christmas Dinner!
And yes, thank you, I'll have a piece of cake!!!
