Christmas Dinner, Fancy and French

Christmas dinner with friends
La vie est belle. Chapeau to Evelyne, my friend's mother-in-law! Un vrai cordon bleu.

Menu du jour

Aperitif
Goat Cheese
Mussels pizzetta
Garlic gressin
Champagne

First course
Gingerbread Foie Gras on toasts with chestnut sause
Alsatian sweet white wine

Second course
Homemade salmon blinis with onions, capers, and clotted cream with a touch a lemoncino
Moselle white wine

Trou normand

Third course
Breast of capon
Brussels sprouts rolled in serrano ham
Truffles
Bordeaux dry red

Fourth course
Cheese plate: Cantal tome, munster with cumin and moist ewe cheese
White grapes
Roquette Salad
Banette with sweet norman butter

Fifth course
Raspberry chocolate bûche de Noël
Rum balls
Coffee