For Christmas this year, we decided to host an intimate dinner party for our friends who were staying in town for the holidays.
I am not sure how we managed to arrange two tables into our tiny living room/kitchen/bedroom#1 area.
For starters, arugula salad with steak and tomatoes. NEVER buy steak on
sale at Whole Foods - it will spoil in the blink of an eye! We almost
cried when we discovered the steak had gone bad and I had to rush to the
grocery store downstairs for a last minute “steak” run.
Orecchiette with peppers, sausage, arugula, and a tomato/garlic/shallot sauce.
Seafood paella - includes shrimp, mussels, squid, and chorizo.
Recipe adapted from Fine Cooking.
Paella is a great party dish; everyone loves it and it feeds a ton of
people. I think seafood paella is becoming a new tradition for us,
since we made it last year as well.
Do you have any traditional Christmas dishes? What was your Christmas meal like?