I got the kitchen ready with the x-mas decoration and I love it! It is not much as you can see in the photo but I am well pleased, I didn't want it to be too much. This year Nicklas wants to skip the traditional Swedish Christmas dinner and he suggested that we had turkey instead... LOVELY, but that means that I have less than a month to learn how to make a turkey since I had never ever made one. We'll see how it all turns out... I am planning to bake quite a lot so we don't end up starving if the bird turns out dry and uneatable. Ladies and Gentleman... what I am going to do this Christmas has only one name: TRUE LOVE!
Shall I explain a little bit about the photos? yeah, yeah, I gotta do something or I would feel like I threw the day away... No chances to play with Olivia because believe it or not, she is just laying on the couch... and talking (that she even does in her sleep, really!) which just gives me the clue that I won't read that much tomorrow either.
The little Santa's helpers and the angels I made by myself... the idea was to make it together with the girls but since I had to sew and then use the glue gun, they assisted by giving me the parts and playing with the ready ones.
The candle I decorated by myself, you probably know the technique but just in case, all you need is a cute paper napkin, a candle and a spoon. You cut off the motif in the napkin and peel of all the paper layers until you get with the thin tissue with your picture, then you place it on the candle, warm up the spoon and carefully slide in over the drawing. You keep on doing that until you have a layer of paraffin all over you pic. Done! I put some star anise, cinnamon, and other whole Christmas spices all around, and the orange which the girls made.
I will probably go on doing some stuff today and try to get Olivia to help me... Some saffron or cinnamon rolls would also be fun, and yummy. Meanwhile I hope she takes a nap so I can read a little... If not, I will have to have it ready by the second deadline and deal with the fact. You cannot do it all, but you can certainly do all you can.
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The turkey is really easy! You don't need to learn how to do it, you just do it! The most important thing is to completely cover it with foil and have the oven at gas mark 6 so it's nice and moist. A good favouring trick is to seperate all the skin from the meat without breaking it and adding a butter mixture inbetween. Try something like; softened butter, thyme, sage, rosemary, orange zest, orange juice (only a little), garlic, salt and pepper. Mix it all and then spoon it in. Rub salt on the skin of the trukey to get it crispy and just before it's cooked shove it back in the oven without the foil until it's golden brown. Cut the orange you used in wedges to not waste it and put some inside the turkey and some with the roasted veggies. The orange goes really well with turkey but if you decide to use chicken lemon is a better choice I think. Mmmmm getting hungry! -Maru
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