Plan a delicious meal for Christmas

Chennai

GLAZED PUMPKIN WITH ROCKET AND FETA CHEESE
Recipe: Executive Chef - Ashutosh Nerlekar, The Park, Chennai

Ingredients:
Pumpkin: 200 gms
Maple Syrup: 50 ml
Olive Oil: 25 ml
Feta Cheese: 50 gms
Cracked Pepper: to taste
Salt: to taste
Chilli flakes: 1/2 tsp
Balsamic Reduction:  10 ml
Rocket Leaves: 20 gms

Method
Peel the pumpkin and cut the same in bite size wedges.
Lay on a tray and drizzle with olive oil, cracked pepper, salt and maple syrup.
Roast in an oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 25 minutes or until soft.
Care should be taken to not overcook the pumpkin as it would get soft and mushy.
Arrange the pumpkin wedges on a platter rustically ( try not to arrange them). Throw some rocket leaves on top and drizzle some olive oil and balsamic reduction. Finish with crumbled feta on top. This is a perfect dish for Christmas style family dinners or get-together.


TURKEY PIE
Recipe: Chef Negi, Courtyard by Marriott Chennai

Ingredients
For savoury tart
Flour: 225 gms
Salted Butter: 15 gms
Water: 75 ml
Egg: 1 no
For stuffing
Turkey Dice: 50 gms
Ham Dice: 50 gms
Leeks Dice: 50 gms
Onion Dice: 20 gms
Celery Dice: 20 gms
Double Cream: 30 ml
Thyme sprig: 1 no
Oil: 5 ml
Salt & pepper: to taste

Method:  
Heat oil in a pan and add the onions, leeks, celery and sauté till it sweats.
Add diced turkey to it and cook it along with a sprig of thyme. When the turkey is ¾ cooked, add diced ham and sauté till everything gets cooked completely.
Check for seasoning and finish with the double cream and keep it aside.
For making savoury tart, cream the butter and egg. Mix it with flour, simultaneously then knead nicely till the dough is formed.
Take the dough and place it into tart shell and half bake it at 180 degree Celsius for 5 mins in a preheated oven.
Add the stuffing in the half cooked base.
Cover the top with a thin sheet of dough, make holes and bake the pie in the oven for another 10 mins.


ROAST PORK WITH ORANGE SAUCE
Recipe: Chef Gourab Pat tanayak, Chef de Cuisine, Spice Haat, Hyatt Regency

Ingredients
Pork: 300 gms
Oil: 10 ml
Sage: 10 gms
Honey: 10 ml
Garlic, chopped: 5 grms
Crushed pepper: 100 gms
Orange juice: 10 ml
White wine vinegar: 10 ml
Butter: 5 gms
Star Anise:  A few
Salt: to taste

Method:
Marinate the pork with honey, chopped sage, oil, chopped garlic, salt, crushed pepper and rest the pork in refrigerator for 1 hour.
Sear the marinated pork evenly in hot plate or gas stove.
Then roast the pork in oven for 120 minutes in 150 degree Celsius.
For sauce, heat the orange juice along with white wine vinegar, anise and reduce the mixture into half quantity.
Add the butter and salt. Once ready, pour over the prepared pork.