This year we stayed in Sydney for Christmas. We usually travel to Brisbane to be with our family but this year, with the arrival of Charlie we decided to stay put. We were invited
to friends, Simon and Julie’s for Christmas lunch, an invitation that no sound person would decline. I have written about Simon and Julie’s cooking
prowess before. You can read about them in this post.
Simon and Julie had been planning and thinking about Christmas
lunch for about 3 months. They often trial meals before they cook them for
guests and spend much time sourcing the best ingredients. This year they settled on the theme “BBQ at the Beach”,
maybe because we are holidaying together soon at Mollymook. The
menu was traditional at heart with twists of an Aussie seafood Christmas. Julie's brother helped out with the cooking and we ended up eating ourselves into a stupor on the delicious fare.
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| Lunch under construction on a wave-board |
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| Roast pork sandcastle, surrounded by oyster rocks |
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| Turkey breast roasted with prosciutto on a bed of 'sand' cous-cous. |
Luscious and tender. 'Seaweed' spinach rounded out the meat platter
Confit turkey leg and fresh tiger prawns
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| Black pudding 'rocks' and marine garnishes round out the presentation |
My favourite shot.
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