Burgundy Christmas Dinner

(Somewhere near Windsor in a very large house)

BY NEAL MARTIN |

The Food: 

Smoked salmon on brown bread

Pea, mint and truffle soup with Parmesan crisp, bread and truffle butter

Scotch egg

Daube of venison, Yukon gold creamy mash, salt-roasted celeriac, creamed cabbage, chestnut and quince

Eton Mess – raspberries, Chantilly cream and white chocolate meringues

Selection of cheeses

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Wines like these are not meant to be consumed in silence and solemnity. They should be accompanied by the kind of noise and laughter that echoed through the never-ending corridors and annexes of the house on this night.