Christmas dinner

Overall strategy:

• Oven space is at a premium so we want to do as much on the hob as possible.
• The par-boiling can happen well ahead of time.
• The meat can also be roasted fairly early - it needs time to rest anyway. Cover it with foil and it can sit there for an hour quite happily.
• IMO it doesn't matter too much if the yorkshire puds are cold.
• Recommendation for the final 30 mins: potatoes, carrots, and parsnips in the oven; sprouts and gravy on the hob. Chicken resting, and yorkies sitting in a bowl.

Night before

• Yorkshire pudding batter
• Make the stuffing
• Tidy up the chicken and rub salt/pepper into the skin
• Peel and chop the potatoes and veggies
• Caramelize some onions for the gravy

Oven schedule

1. Yorkshires (15 mins)
2. Chicken (1hr 15mins)
3. Root veggies (10 mins, turn, 10 mins, remove parsnips, 10 mins)
4. Potatoes (30 mins)

Components

• Chicken
• Gravy
• Roast potatoes
• Veggies
• Yorkshire puds

Brussel sprouts and bacon bits

1. Par-boil the sprouts
2. Fry the bacon
3. Remove the bacon, dump in the sprouts
4. Fry the sprouts in the bacon grease while you chop up the bacon
5. Bacon back in.
6. Add some water and steam if the sprouts aren't tender enough

TODO: Chestnuts

• TODO: Roast onions
• TODO: Pigs in blankets
• TODO: Bread sauce