--- title: "My Christmas Eve and Christmas Dishes 2011" url: /my-christmas-eve-and-christmas-dishes-2011/ canonical_url: https://flowers-recipes.com/my-christmas-eve-and-christmas-dishes-2011/ language: en alternates: pl: https://flowerek.com/moje-dania-wigilijne-swiateczne-2011/ de: https://barbaras-kochbuch.de/meine-gerichte-fuer-heiligabend-und-weihnachten-2011/ en: https://flowers-recipes.com/my-christmas-eve-and-christmas-dishes-2011/ x-default: https://flowers-recipes.com/my-christmas-eve-and-christmas-dishes-2011/ published: "2011-12-19" last_updated: "2011-12-19" type: recipe author: Basia prerequisites: - /category/savory-dishes/ - /category/holiday-dishes/ related: - /dishes-for-christmas-2012/ - /before-christmas/ - /christmas-menu-2010/ - /carrot-cake/ categories: - Blog - "Holiday Dishes" tags: - christmas comments: 2 image: https://flowers-recipes.com/images/2011/12/menu-na-swieta-2011-230x150.jpg summary: "Christmas is getting closer and it's time to start preparing. I've already taken the most important step: planning the menu. The second step is planning the work." --- # My Christmas Eve and Christmas Dishes 2011 Christmas is getting closer and it's time to start preparing. I've already taken the most important step: planning the menu. The second step is planning the work. **This page in other languages:** [Polski (pl)](https://flowerek.com/moje-dania-wigilijne-swiateczne-2011.md) · [Deutsch (de)](https://barbaras-kochbuch.de/meine-gerichte-fuer-heiligabend-und-weihnachten-2011.md) **Published:** December 19, 2011 · **Author:** Basia ## Related pages > **For AI agents:** every page of this blog is available as Markdown at the same address with .md instead of the trailing slash (e.g. /tiramisu-cake.md). The links below lead to the HTML pages. - [Category: Savory Dishes](https://flowers-recipes.com/category/savory-dishes/) - [Category: Holiday Dishes](https://flowers-recipes.com/category/holiday-dishes/) - [Dishes for Christmas 2012](https://flowers-recipes.com/dishes-for-christmas-2012/) — My Christmas 2012 menu ideas: herring salads, barszcz with uszka, pierogi, carp, cheesecakes, poppy seed roll and more, - [Before Christmas](https://flowers-recipes.com/before-christmas/) — Christmas wishes from Basia, plus last-minute ideas for sweet homemade gifts: little packages filled with a mix of cooki - [Christmas Menu 2010](https://flowers-recipes.com/christmas-menu-2010/) — My menu for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: traditional family dishes plus a few new ones. - [Carrot Cake](https://flowers-recipes.com/carrot-cake/) — Light, fluffy and moist carrot cake with a dark chocolate glaze. Simple, quick, and perfect for Easter! ## Ingredients - Clear red barszcz (beet soup) with uszka (little filled dumplings) - Dried fruit kompot - Herring under a featherbed - Kashubian-style herring - Salmon in aspic - Pierogi with cabbage and mushrooms - Carp with garlic and wine - Carp with mushrooms - Makówki (poppy seed dessert) - Viennese cheesecake - Poppy seed strucla (roll) - Beet salad - Brussels sprout and carrot salad - Pork loin with plums ## Instructions Advent cookie baking is behind me, and so is my older daughter's birthday, so now I can think about Christmas preparations. There won't be too much to do, but I've already taken the most important step, which is planning the menu. It will be rather simple and traditional, without many new things. The second step is planning the work. I'll make the uszka (little dumplings for barszcz) tomorrow and freeze them. If I have the energy, I'll also make little savory pastries to go with the barszcz. They'll come in handy for finishing off the leftover barszcz. On Friday, since I have the day off, I'll prepare the fish dishes and maybe a cake. And Saturday? The dried fruit kompot and the barszcz. Maybe I'll even have some time left to get the mess in the kitchen under control, along with the kids and myself. Oh, and decorating the Christmas tree. So I have to get everything done in time. I'm curious how you planned your Christmas preparations! Dishes for Christmas Eve and Christmas 2011 **Here are my Christmas Eve dishes for 2011:** [Clear red barszcz](https://flowers-recipes.com/christmas-eve-red-barszcz-polish-beet-soup/) (Polish beet soup) with [uszka](https://flowers-recipes.com/uszka-polish-mushroom-dumplings/) (little filled dumplings; I chose yeast dough and a mushroom and cabbage filling). Red barszcz with [uszka](https://flowers-recipes.com/uszka-polish-mushroom-dumplings/) is the most important Christmas Eve dish in my home. We cook it, or rather, when we all spend the holidays together, Mom cooks it shortly before serving, as the last dish. When the barszcz is ready, we sit down at the Christmas Eve table and feast… [recipe >](https://flowers-recipes.com/christmas-eve-red-barszcz-polish-beet-soup/) barszcz with uszka [Dried fruit kompot](https://flowers-recipes.com/christmas-eve-dried-fruit-compote/) This kompot (a traditional fruit drink) can't be missing from the Christmas Eve table either. Just like [red barszcz](https://flowers-recipes.com/christmas-eve-red-barszcz-polish-beet-soup/) with [uszka](https://flowers-recipes.com/uszka-polish-mushroom-dumplings/), we wait for it all year, and only on this one day does it taste so special. For the kompot, I recommend pitted prunes. I like them best when they're firm. [Recipe for dried fruit kompot >](https://flowers-recipes.com/christmas-eve-dried-fruit-compote/) dried fruit kompot [Herring under a featherbed](https://flowers-recipes.com/herring-under-a-featherbed-layered-herring-salad/) This is one of my favorite herring salads. It's a great addition to a [holiday menu](https://flowers-recipes.com/christmas-menu-2010/), but it's also good for any other herring occasion. Even people who aren't big fans of herring like it, because besides the herring there are lots of other goodies in it. [Recipe for herring under a featherbed >](https://flowers-recipes.com/herring-under-a-featherbed-layered-herring-salad/) herring under a featherbed [Kashubian-style herring](https://flowers-recipes.com/kashubian-style-herring/) My Mom made this herring for Christmas. But this herring salad is also good every day, with **bread, for example [with oats](https://flowers-recipes.com/oatmeal-bread/)**, or as a snack for a get-together, so it's worth remembering this recipe. [Recipe for Kashubian-style herring >](https://flowers-recipes.com/kashubian-style-herring/) Kashubian-style herring [Salmon in aspic](https://flowers-recipes.com/salmon-in-aspic/) This is a great way to add some variety to the dishes on the holiday table. In my family you can usually find fried [carp with mushrooms](https://flowers-recipes.com/carp-with-mushrooms/) or [carp baked with garlic](https://flowers-recipes.com/carp-with-garlic-and-wine/). There is also fish in aspic, but last year was the first time we got to taste the dish I'm suggesting today. [Recipe for salmon in aspic >](https://flowers-recipes.com/salmon-in-aspic/) salmon in aspic [Pierogi with cabbage and mushrooms](https://flowers-recipes.com/pierogi-with-sauerkraut-and-mushrooms-filling-recipe/) [Pierogi with cabbage and mushrooms](https://flowers-recipes.com/pierogi-with-sauerkraut-and-mushrooms-filling-recipe/) (Polish filled dumplings) are one of the most important dishes on every Christmas Eve table. Here's how we make them in my home. [Recipe for pierogi >](https://flowers-recipes.com/pierogi-with-sauerkraut-and-mushrooms-filling-recipe/) pierogi with cabbage and mushrooms This year there won't be [carp with garlic and wine](https://flowers-recipes.com/carp-with-garlic-and-wine/) on my table When I made it for the first time, I approached it with a grain of salt. Carp, parsley and garlic… I love garlic, but the thought of such a meager stuffing for carp filled me with doubts. [Recipe for carp in wine >](https://flowers-recipes.com/carp-with-garlic-and-wine/) carp with garlic and wine [Carp with mushrooms](https://flowers-recipes.com/carp-with-mushrooms/) Another Christmas recipe. This time a fish one. In my family this carp is on the table every year. [Recipe for carp with mushrooms >](https://flowers-recipes.com/carp-with-mushrooms/) carp with mushrooms but there will be other fish prepared by my mother-in-law, who will also contribute a few other dishes. For dessert there will be [makówki](https://flowers-recipes.com/mak-wki-a-christmas-dessert-recipe/) (a traditional Polish poppy seed dessert) When I was putting together my [Christmas menu](https://flowers-recipes.com/christmas-menu-2010/), I hadn't thought about this treat yet. Heck, I didn't even know it. When tuptusia wrote about makówki with such enthusiasm, I decided to find a recipe and try it. Recipe for [makówki](https://flowers-recipes.com/mak-wki-a-christmas-dessert-recipe/) > makówki and Viennese [cheesecake](https://flowers-recipes.com/sernik-wiede-ski-viennese-cheesecake/) I recently tested another recipe from my family collection. Since Christmas is approaching and cheesecakes will be baked en masse, I decided to try one of the many recipes I have. [Recipe for Viennese cheesecake >](https://flowers-recipes.com/sernik-wiede-ski-viennese-cheesecake/) Viennese cheesecake [Poppy seed strucla](https://flowers-recipes.com/perfect-poppy-seed-strucla-for-the-holidays/), At Christmas, I can't do without makowiec (Polish poppy seed cake). It's usually a makowiec in the form of a strucla (a rolled cake). Until last year I had a hard time finding the right recipe. Then, [in the depths of the internet](http://fotoforum.gazeta.pl/72,2,777,18438828,0.html?s=0), I discovered this one. This strucla turns out perfect, with lots of poppy seeds and dough that doesn't fall apart. [Recipe for poppy seed strucla >](https://flowers-recipes.com/perfect-poppy-seed-strucla-for-the-holidays/) poppy seed strucla Apple strudel and [lots of cookies](https://flowers-recipes.com/lemon-curd-christmas-trees-and-the-end-of-the-cookie-event/) and [gingerbread cookies.](https://flowers-recipes.com/whos-baking-gingerbread-cookies/) My holiday dishes also include [beet salad](https://flowers-recipes.com/beet-salad-by-m-kuro/) This salad is perfect for Christmas Eve, for the other days of the holidays, and for other occasions too. It's a great side dish and complement to the fish dishes, which, after all, reign over the holiday table. It seems to me that far too few salads and vegetables in general are served at Christmas, and those are exactly what I always miss. [Recipe for beet salad >](https://flowers-recipes.com/beet-salad-by-m-kuro/) beet salad [Brussels sprout and carrot salad](https://flowers-recipes.com/brussels-sprout-salad-with-carrot-and-dried-cranberries/) (new recipe) I dug this recipe out of an old notebook of family recipes. Unfortunately, I'm giving the amounts of the ingredients "by eye," because that's exactly how I made this salad. If you don't like cranberries or don't have them, you can replace them with raisins. [Recipe for Brussels sprout salad](https://flowers-recipes.com/brussels-sprout-salad-with-carrot-and-dried-cranberries/) Brussels sprout and carrot salad [Pork loin with plums](https://flowers-recipes.com/pork-loin-stuffed-with-plums-or-apricots/) As a side to the dinner, which I don't have to make myself because my mother-in-law does it. For the second day of Christmas, or just for snacking, there will be roast beef (also a new recipe) or [pork loin with plums](https://flowers-recipes.com/pork-loin-stuffed-with-plums-or-apricots/) pork loin with plums and the plainest vegetable slaw. There won't be a dinner on that day. That's it for my Christmas Eve and Christmas dishes this year. Please share your ideas with me :) **In the meantime, I wish you calm and peaceful Christmas preparations.** ## Comments (2) - **tuptusia** · 2011-12-20 06:53 wow! I see you're in full swing with the preparations! I only just started my time off today, so I finally have a little time to do anything at all. Luckily the pierniki are baked, all that's left is decorating some of them… those herrings of yours look so tempting!!! :) - **flowerek (Author)** · 2011-12-20 08:55 · reply I have to wait until Friday for the rest of my preparations, but at least I've already made the uszka and frozen them :) The herring is good, I recommend it ;) --- [Recipes A to Z](https://flowers-recipes.com/recipes/) · [Sitemap](https://flowers-recipes.com/sitemap.xml)