Christmas 2021 - The first slice

Merry Christmas everyone! 

This year I made a Fig and Chocolate Christmas pudding and this is it above lit up with brandy, although the room was too bright to see the flames, and Edith is looking decidedly underwhelmed!

Tasted yum though!

As in the book  'The Magic Pudding' I am naming this years 3 Christmas blog posts 'slices'!

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Christmas Morning in Armidale!

Positively exhausted after enjoying the dog gifts!

And Christmas wouldn't be the same if not for negative covid tests!

Meanwhile - out at Kentucky there was a Strictly Ballroom theme beginning in the new house.

Also, a farmyard including dinosaurs.

Ruby's first Christmas!

We had Christmas lunch with Sean, Rose and the kids.

Here is Kimba having a read with Edie and Florrie on the windy back deck.

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For starters we had savory spoons.

Spoon 1- thinly sliced cucumber, smoked salmon, creme fraiche and caviar.

Spoon 2-  Rocket, prosciutto, boccaccini and a balsamic dressing

Then there was prawns, roast pork and veg, a layered salad, finishing with pudding fruit and custard.

And finally gingerbread houses, one was made by Mum, the other by Rose and the kids.

Long day, we were all a bit exhausted at the end!

And lets start as we began with the magic pudding.

Here is the recipe from one of my scrapbooks.