Please dont hurt me! Pre cooking for christmas

[nicky.mattsson]

Hi all, ive got a feeling this wont be popular but i was looking for things that can be pre cooked for xmas dinner.

My menu is as follows:

Turkey
Slow cooked lamb
Stuffing
Veggies
Roast pots
Pigs in blankets

Is there anything that can be ore cooked but wont end up horrible on the day?

Me and the wife have got a lot of family coming and im doing all the cooking so wanted to make things easier on myself....

[Henry Hawthorne]

You can boil the veg then put it in the microwave with clingfilm over the top with a knob of butter for a couple of mins (obviously depending on the type of veg and the amount of ppl).

[nicky.mattsson]

I thought of that but veg i can manage, i was thinking more of the oven stuff, we are limited for oven space

[Catz]

You can roast the potatoes the day before, refrigerate, then just pop them in the oven to heat and crisp up again for 15 mins.
The lamb could be done the day before then reheated, in fact it'll probably taste even better the next day.
You can even cook the turkey the day before, then slice and heat up in the gravy. Although that means you won't have a turkey to display on the table.

[nicky.mattsson]

Catz said:

You can roast the potatoes the day before, refrigerate, then just pop them in the oven to heat and crisp up again for 15 mins.
The lamb could be done the day before then reheated, in fact it'll probably taste even better the next day.
You can even cook the turkey the day before, then slice and heat up in the gravy. Although that means you won't have a turkey to display on the table.

Ahh cheers, the turkey wont be displayed anyway so i may well do that as well. The pots i can do on the day but wont the lamb go dry if i do it the day before?

[Catz]

nicky.mattsson said:

but wont the lamb go dry if i do it the day before?

Actually it might.
I was imagining it being cooked in some sort of liquid like a lamb tagine, however I'm guessing you're thinking of cooking the whole shoulder of lamb.
However this recipe claims you can make it up to 2 days in advance.
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1826/slowcooked...

If you want to cook the lamb on the day try to get hold of a slow cooker and that'll free up oven space.

[nicky.mattsson]

Catz said:

nicky.mattsson said:

but wont the lamb go dry if i do it the day before?

Actually it might.
I was imagining it being cooked in some sort of liquid like a lamb tagine, however I'm guessing you're thinking of cooking the whole shoulder of lamb.
However this recipe claims you can make it up to 2 days in advance.
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1826/slowcooked...

If you want to cook the lamb on the day try to get hold of a slow cooker and that'll free up oven space.

Its being cooked in a slow cooker with with liquid

[jimothy]

We always cook the turkey the day before due to space issues. It comes out fine, carved cold into thin slices and warmed by hot plates and gravy.