Amfibius Xmas party (56k = ouch)

Amfibius · 18th December 2006, 7:28 PM

Well last week I had a whole bunch of people over from work. Party started at 2pm, and the last guest left at midnight. This was the menu:

- Turkey with Grand Marnier stuffing and Grand Marnier gravy
- Christmas ham with a maple syrup glaze
- Garlic-butter prawns on the barbie
- Jansson's temptation (potato batonettes with anchovies in a gratin)
- Caesar salad
- Tomato-avocado salad
- Mushrooms with Cinzano
- Pavlova with fresh berries and vanilla ice cream flambe'd with rum
- Cherries

Here are the pictures:

The ham fresh from the oven, about to be dressed

The turkey fresh from the Weber

Some of the finished dishes

Berry pavlova

Tiger prawns

The ham, dressed with glace cherries ready to be carved.

Caesar salad

Amfibius · 18th December 2006, 7:33 PM

Some of the guests (you can tell who came dressed for the beach).

ShaneHm2 · 18th December 2006, 7:52 PM

looks yummiez

iAl3xi · 18th December 2006, 8:41 PM

that ham.... I WANT. think u can pm me recipe?

Bionic · 18th December 2006, 9:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Amfibius

Some of the guests (you can tell who came dressed for the beach).

OOOOORRRRRRRRRRRR
Maybe they came prepared if the night got hot and steamy!!

I also second the ham..
did you just dilute the maple syrup down a little?

Amfibius · 18th December 2006, 9:12 PM

Er, the ham was really simple.

Ingredients
1x precooked leg of ham (I got Bertolucci hickory smoked ham)
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/8 cup white wine vinegar
1/8 cup white wine
2 tbsp seeded mustard
cloves

Method
- Preheat oven to 200C
- Mix all the glaze ingredients together
- Skin the ham: round incision around the shank, then longitudinal incision along the non-presentation side of the ham. Ease the skin off with your fingers. Save the skin to protect your turkey. Make sure you leave the fat on the ham.
- Score diagonal lines along the ham, then cross-hatch to produce a diamond pattern
- Glaze the ham with the glaze mixture with a pastry brush
- Push the cloves into the ham
- Place in oven for 30 minutes or until the glaze turns golden
- Remove and allow to cool to room temperature, serve.

lagmaster · 18th December 2006, 9:21 PM

Good photography there mate, you are a legend.

Bionic · 18th December 2006, 9:22 PM

Sweet. *writes down in cooking book.

Going to suprise the mrs one day with this.

Thanks heaps amfibius

Amfibius · 18th December 2006, 9:27 PM

Er, there is nothing to the ham. You only need to buy a very high quality ham. As you can tell from the recipe, I did nothing to it besides make it look pretty.

Bearz · 18th December 2006, 9:43 PM

I think I recognise some of your guests

Btw, that is a very nice looking cutting board. May I ask where you got it from?

Amfibius · 18th December 2006, 9:49 PM

How do you know em Bearz?

I got the cutting board from David Jones. It's a Wiltshire board, on sale for $40 each. I got 2

Bearz · 18th December 2006, 9:53 PM

Well, the Asian guy in blue is either a family friends' son that I've not seen for a long time, or a person which I've seen on numerous occasions at Melb Uni CSSE dept (they could, in fact, be the same person for all I know). The girl below that I'm fairly certain I've seen around Uni as well.

Looks like I'll head to DJs soon, might make a nice present

Beaniebabe · 18th December 2006, 9:57 PM

All that food there looks awesome, must have taken some time..
I hope everyone enjoyed it as it looks yummy to me from just looking at the pics...
Well Done!

Amfibius · 18th December 2006, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bearz

Well, the Asian guy in blue is either a family friends' son that I've not seen for a long time

The Asian guy in blue is me

If he's a family friend's son ... then I haven't seen you for a long time either! The girl below that pic is my girlfriend and she didn't go to Melb U. She says she went to UWA ...

Thanks beaniebabe ... spent all Saturday preparing and all of Sunday morning cooking.

Bearz · 18th December 2006, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amfibius

The Asian guy in blue is me

If he's a family friend's son ... then I haven't seen you for a long time either! The girl below that pic is my girlfriend and she didn't go to Melb U. She says she went to UWA ...

Thanks beaniebabe ... spent all Saturday preparing and all of Sunday morning cooking.

Hmmm wasn't expecting that.

Well I've definitely seen you at ICT MelbUni Building. Are you a postgrad?
And the million dollar question, is your name Harry/Henry?

EDIT: and to keep things ontopic, the ham looks good but I really dislike glacé cherries.

18th December 2006, 7:28 PM	#1
Amfibius Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 6,586	Amfibius Xmas party (56k = ouch) Well last week I had a whole bunch of people over from work. Party started at 2pm, and the last guest left at midnight. This was the menu: - Turkey with Grand Marnier stuffing and Grand Marnier gravy - Christmas ham with a maple syrup glaze - Garlic-butter prawns on the barbie - Jansson's temptation (potato batonettes with anchovies in a gratin) - Caesar salad - Tomato-avocado salad - Mushrooms with Cinzano - Pavlova with fresh berries and vanilla ice cream flambe'd with rum - Cherries Here are the pictures: The ham fresh from the oven, about to be dressed The turkey fresh from the Weber Some of the finished dishes Berry pavlova Tiger prawns The ham, dressed with glace cherries ready to be carved. Caesar salad __________________ -Amfibius Last edited by Amfibius; 18th December 2006 at 7:34 PM.

18th December 2006, 7:33 PM	#2
Amfibius Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 6,586	Some of the guests (you can tell who came dressed for the beach). __________________ -Amfibius

18th December 2006, 9:12 PM	#6
Amfibius Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 6,586	Er, the ham was really simple. Ingredients 1x precooked leg of ham (I got Bertolucci hickory smoked ham) 1/4 cup maple syrup 1/8 cup white wine vinegar 1/8 cup white wine 2 tbsp seeded mustard cloves Method - Preheat oven to 200C - Mix all the glaze ingredients together - Skin the ham: round incision around the shank, then longitudinal incision along the non-presentation side of the ham. Ease the skin off with your fingers. Save the skin to protect your turkey. Make sure you leave the fat on the ham. - Score diagonal lines along the ham, then cross-hatch to produce a diamond pattern - Glaze the ham with the glaze mixture with a pastry brush - Push the cloves into the ham - Place in oven for 30 minutes or until the glaze turns golden - Remove and allow to cool to room temperature, serve. __________________ -Amfibius Last edited by Amfibius; 18th December 2006 at 9:27 PM.

18th December 2006, 9:22 PM	#8
Bionic Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Wollongong - NSW Posts: 3,226	Sweet. *writes down in cooking book. Going to suprise the mrs one day with this. Thanks heaps amfibius __________________ OCAU OFFICIAL CHAIR RAVER'S SOCIETY MEMBER #5 Computer games don't affect kids. I mean if Pacman affected our generation as kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room munching on pills and listening to repetitive music.. ummm Hold on a sec yes it has

18th December 2006, 9:27 PM	#9
Amfibius Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 6,586	Er, there is nothing to the ham. You only need to buy a very high quality ham. As you can tell from the recipe, I did nothing to it besides make it look pretty. __________________ -Amfibius

18th December 2006, 8:41 PM	#4
iAl3xi (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Eltham, Melbourne Posts: 896	that ham.... I WANT. think u can pm me recipe?

18th December 2006, 9:21 PM	#7
lagmaster Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,063	Good photography there mate, you are a legend.

18th December 2006, 9:43 PM	#10
Bearz Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SE suburbs, Melbourne Posts: 891	I think I recognise some of your guests Btw, that is a very nice looking cutting board. May I ask where you got it from? __________________ 87 successful trades on OCAU Most recent: Lloyd84,Dodoman,RavenNoir,FatmanNotSoSlim SmartJoy Dual Plus PS2->USB Converter review Are you a console RPG enthusiast? Console Fighting Games

18th December 2006, 9:49 PM	#11
Amfibius Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 6,586	How do you know em Bearz? I got the cutting board from David Jones. It's a Wiltshire board, on sale for $40 each. I got 2 __________________ -Amfibius

18th December 2006, 9:53 PM	#12
Bearz Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SE suburbs, Melbourne Posts: 891	Well, the Asian guy in blue is either a family friends' son that I've not seen for a long time, or a person which I've seen on numerous occasions at Melb Uni CSSE dept (they could, in fact, be the same person for all I know). The girl below that I'm fairly certain I've seen around Uni as well. Looks like I'll head to DJs soon, might make a nice present __________________ 87 successful trades on OCAU Most recent: Lloyd84,Dodoman,RavenNoir,FatmanNotSoSlim SmartJoy Dual Plus PS2->USB Converter review Are you a console RPG enthusiast? Console Fighting Games

18th December 2006, 9:57 PM	#13
Beaniebabe Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 55	All that food there looks awesome, must have taken some time.. I hope everyone enjoyed it as it looks yummy to me from just looking at the pics... Well Done!