• Home
  • Recipes
    • recipes
    • menus
    • tips & tricks
    • pantry
    • conversions
  • Annabel
    • about
    • in the news
    • blog
    • gallery
    • my partners
  • Community
    • community
    • community recipes
    • forum
    • join
  • Garden
    • growing guide
    • know how
    • sustainability
  • Life & Style
    • life & style
    • travel
    • gallery
  • Books & Tv
    • TV season 3: Through the Seasons
    • TV season 2: Simple Pleasures
    • TV season 1: The Free Range Cook
    • books
  • Shop
    • books & dvds
    • home & garden
  • Win
    • competition
A Free Range Life with Annabel Langbein
  • Welcome!
  • login
  • join
  • Home
  • Recipes
    • recipes
    • menus
    • tips & tricks
    • pantry
    • conversions
  • Annabel
    • about
    • in the news
    • blog
    • gallery
    • my partners
  • Community
    • community
    • community recipes
    • forum
    • my profile
    • my recipes
    • add a recipe
  • Garden
    • growing guide
    • know how
    • sustainability
  • Life & Style
    • life & style
    • travel
    • gallery
  • Books & TV
    • TV Season 3:
      Through the Seasons
    • TV Season 2:
      Simple Pleasures
    • TV Season 1:
      The Free Range Cook
    • books
  • Shop
    • books & dvds
    • home & garden
  • Win
    • competitions
← Matters of taste
What to cook for Christmas: Beef on the barbecue →

What to cook for Christmas: A stunning salmon starter

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Annabel Langbein

With my oven already busy cooking the turkey, I like to make sure my Christmas Dinner starter is a simple assembly that doesn't require any cooking – and ideally it will be something I can prepare in advance.

For Christmas Dinner this year I've come up with a showstopping starter I call Salmon and Avocado Towers. It's especially fab for Christmas Day because its green and orange colours look really festive on the Christmas table.

Basically you press mashed, seasoned avocado into a ring mould, add a layer of salmon and then more avocado, then remove the mould. Hey presto – you have a gorgeous individual serving of this delicious starter. It looks spectacular but it's so easy to do!

If you don't have ring moulds, start saving up your empty tin cans now. Simply use a can opener to remove both ends of each can, then give the cans a good wash. If possible, gather enough cans so that you have one for each guest – that way you can prepare the towers in the morning and keep them chilled in the fridge until you're ready to whip the cans off just before serving them. Click here for the full recipe.

You can use gravlax, cold-smoked salmon or even superfresh raw salmon, depending on your tastes. Or if you have vegetarians in the house, remove the seeds and skins from fresh tomatoes and dice the flesh finely to use in place of the salmon.

Countdown to Christmas dinner
Each day for the next nine days I'll be posting a new recipe from my Christmas Day menu, so check back here each day. To be notified by email when I've posted a new blog, click on the RSS Feed tab on the right of this page. Or if you'd prefer you can like my Facebook page or follow me on Twitter to be the first to hear when each new recipe goes live. On the last day I'll post a Menu Planner to help you prep ahead as much as possible and make your Christmas Day a stress-free zone.

Here's my Christmas Day menu so far:
To drink: Bella's Pink Fizz To nibble while your guests arrive: Oysters with Kilpatrick Topping Sesame Prawn Toasts To start: Salmon and Avocado Towers

Coming tomorrow:
The main event:
Spicy Barbecued Beef

For more free recipes, menu plans and tips, see annabel-langbein.com

← Matters of taste
What to cook for Christmas: Beef on the barbecue →

Recent Posts

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

Facebook Instagram Youtube Pinterest Twitter Signup
  • help
  • /
  • contact us
  • /
  • privacy policy
  • /
  • terms & conditions

© Annabel Langbein Media 2013 - 2021. All worldwide rights reserved

Discover how to live a Free Range Life – enjoying the simple pleasures of exploring your creativity, connecting with nature and sharing food and laughter through the seasons.

Content by Annabel Langbein

Published by Annabel Langbein Media

 

Hello!

Generic content for all other countries not on the list.

Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook Simple Pleasures ATP
Annabel Langbein Sign up to my e newsletter

newsletter

Get VIP offers & great foodie content & you could win an iPad Air 2!

See recipes from my TV show View the PBS schedule Buy the book on Amazon

Before you go, tell us where you heard about Annabel's book:

Buy the book

Unfortunately, your browser blocked the popup, please use the following link to Buy the Book

book
Annabel Langbein

Sign up to my e newsletter

newsletter

Get VIP offers and great foodie inspiration!