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This page is a list of Christmas dishes as eaten around the world. These items are traditionally eaten at or associated with the Christmas season.
Australia
- Roast Turkey (or Chicken) and/or Ham[1]
- Roast vegetables
- Christmas Cake or Christmas pudding (traditionally with a small treat baked inside eg.10c coin)[1]
- Custard
- Gingerbread biscuits, in Christmas shapes
- Sweets, such as Rocky road and Rum balls
- Candy Canes
- Champagne
- Beer
- Mince Pies
- Cold turkey and ham, seafood and salads [1]
- Barbecue
- Trifle
- Pavlova
Belgium
Brazil
- Lombo à Califórnia (pork loins)
- Rabanada (French Toast)
- Pernil (Roast Pork)
- Farofa[clarification needed]
- Turkey
- Brazil Nut
Canada
- Apple cider
- Beignes
- Bûche de Noël
- Candy canes
- Christmas pudding
- Eggnog
- Fruitcake
- Gingerbread, often in the form of a Gingerbread house or Gingerbread man
- Pâté à la viande
- Pumpkin Pie
- Roast turkey
- Shortbread
- Stuffing
- Tourtière
- Trifle
- Cranberry Sauce
- Spiced Nuts
Chile
Czech Republic
The traditional meal (served as the dinner on the Christmas Eve) consists of fish soup and fried fish (most often, carp) served with potato salad. It should be the first food consumed that day.
Before the Christmas holidays, many kinds of sweet biscuits are prepared.
Denmark
- Æbleskiver sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with raspberry or strawberry jam
- Roasted chestnuts with salt and butter
- Boiled potatoes
- Brown sauce (Brun sovs, used with flæskesteg, andesteg, and potatoes)
- Caramelized potatoes (Brunede kartofler)
- Christmas beer (Juleøl)[3]
- Glogg (Gløg)
- Rice pudding with whipped cream and almonds (Risalamande) served with cherry sauce (kirsebærsauce)[4][5]
- Roast pork steak with cracklings (flæskesteg)
- Roast duck (Andesteg) with apple and prune stuffing
- Red cabbage (Rødkål)
Finland
see also Joulupöytä
- Freshly salted salmon (Graavilohi)[6]
- Karelian Hot Pot (Karjalanpaisti)
- Reindeer (in northern Finland) (Poro)
- Karelian pasties (Karjalanpiirakka)
- Rosolli salad of pickled herring and boiled vegetables (Rosolli)
- Christmas ham with mustard (almost every family has one for Christmas) (Joulukinkku)
- Turkey (Kalkkuna)
- Assortment of cheese, most commonly bread cheese (Leipäjuusto) and Aura (Aura-juusto)
- Christmas bread, Swedish-like sweet bread (Joululimppu)
- Cold smoked salmon (Kylmäsavulohi)
- Carrot Casserole (Porkkanalaatikko)[6]
- Potato Casserole (Perunalaatikko or tuuvinki)[6]
- Lutefisk and white sauce (Lipeäkala)[6]
- Rutabaga casserole (Lanttulaatikko)[6]
- Mixed fruit soup or prune soup (Sekahedelmäkiisseli, luumukiisseli)
- Rice pudding or rice porridge with cinnamon, sugar and cold milk or with mixed fruit soup (Riisipuuro)
- Glogg or mulled wine (Glögi)
- Christmas beer (Jouluolut)
- Home beer (non-alcoholic beer-like drink) (Kotikalja)
- Red wine (Punaviini)
- Marski's Tipple (akvavit, vermuth and gin) (Marskin ryyppy)
- Milk (Maito)
- Sour milk (often drunk by older people)
- Coca Cola (often drunk by children)
- Prune jam pastries (Joulutortut)[6]
- Gingerbread,[6] sometimes in the form of a Gingerbread house or Gingerbread man (Piparkakut)
- Coffee (Kahvi)
- Chocolate (given as presents, eaten in-between meals, not during them) (Suklaa)
France
- Oysters[7]
- Foie gras[7]
- Smoked salmon
- Crêpes (Brittany)[8]
- Chapon (roasted chicken)
- Dinde aux marrons (chestnut-stuffed turkey)
- Ganzeltopf (goose) (Alsace)[7]
- Bûche de Noël
- Kouglof (Alsace)
- Berauwecka (dried-fruit cake) (Alsace)
- Thirteen desserts (Provence):[7]
- walnut
- Quince cheese
- almonds
- raisin
- Casse-dents of Allauch (biscuit)
- Calisson of Aix-en-Provence
- Nougat blanc
- Nougat noir au miel
- apple
- pear
- orange
- winter melon
- fougasse (Provençal bread)
Germany
- Christstollen[9]
- Hexenhäuserl
- weisswurst
- kartoffelsalat
- Printen[10]
- Oblaten-Lebkuchen
- Springerle
- Weihnachts-Plätzchen (Christmas-cookies)
- Roasted goose
- Carp
Guatemala
- Tamales[clarification needed]
- Ponche (Christmas fruit punch served hot with lots of fruits)
- Pavo (Turkey)
- Buñuelos (Fluffy sweet dessert made with corn with maple syrup)
- Chicken (Prepared with different stuffings and accompanied with various side dishes such as salads or rice)
- Chuchitos[clarification needed]
- Fish (Prepared with different spices and side dishes based on rice and coconut, very typical of the northern areas of Guatemala)
Iceland
- Ptarmigan
- Christmas ham
- Caramelized potatoes (Icelandic. Brúnaðar kartöflur) The same as in Danish cuisine.
- Red Cabbage
- Möndlugrautur a Christmas rice pudding with an almond hidden inside The same as the Swedish Julgröt.
- Turkey (bird)
Italy
- Panettone (Milan)[11][12]
- Tortellini (Bologna)[clarification needed]
- Pandoro (Verona)[clarification needed]
- Panforte (Tuscany)[clarification needed]
- Prosecco (Veneto)[clarification needed]
- Spumante (Piedmont)[clarification needed]
- Ravioli
Japan
- Christmas cake - Different from a UK Christmas cake or American fruitcake, the Japanese Christmas cake is usually sponge cake frosted with whipped cream, and topped with strawberries.
KFC chicken is a traditional Christmas meal in Japan. Roast Chicken from the supermarket is also considered a Christmas meal in Japan.
Lithuania
12-dishes Christmas Eve Supper plays the main role in Lithuanian Christmas tradition. Thus the traditional dishes are served on December 24th.
- Poppy milk (aguonų pienas)
- Slizikai (šližikai')
- Auselės (Deep fried dumplings)
- Herring with carrots (silkė su morkomis')
- Herring with mushrooms (silkė su grybais')
Mexico
- Ensalada de Noche Buena (Christmas Eve Salad)
- Bacalao (Clipfish or Cod Fish)
- Romeritos (Small green leaves of a particular type mixed generally with mole and potatoes. Generally accompanied with "tortitas de camarón" (shrimp bread).)
- Pavo (Turkey)
- Tamales (Some Mexican families, particularly in the northern part of Mexico and southern American states have tamales only at Christmas eve instead of the typical Bacalao, Romeritos and/or Turkey. This is a sign of less Spanish heritage.)
- Ponche (a hot, sweet drink made with apples, sugar cane, prunes and tejocotes. For grown-ups, ponche is never complete without its "piquete" - either Tequila or Rum -)
New Zealand
- Pavlova
- Sausages
- Ham
- Turkey
- Strawberries
- Christmas Pudding
- Christmas Mince Pies
- Wine (often Lindauer)
- Chocolates
- Trifle
Norway
- Gløgg - Mulled wine
- Julepølse - Christmas sausage[clarification needed]
- Lutefisk - fish preserved with lye that has been washed and boiled
- Pinnekjøtt - salted, dried, and smoked lamb's ribs which are rehydrated and then steamed, traditionally over birch branches
- Svineribbe - pork ribs
Philippines
- Hot chocolate (tsokolate)
- Ensaymada. is a pastry, made with flour, water, sugar, eggs, butter and topped with grated cheese usually Edam, and sugar
- Turkey (bird) (pabo), especially in metro areas
- Rellenong manok . stuffed chicken
- Jamon en dulce - ham
- Flan . Crème caramel
- Fruit Salad
- Macaroni Salad
- Potato Salad
- Pasta
- Red or White Wine
- Lechon . suckling pig
- Noodles
- Puto Bumbong - A purple-colored Filipino dessert made of sweet rice cooked in hollow bamboo tubes placed on a special steamer-cooker. When cooked, they are spread with butter and sprinkled with sugar and grated coconut.
- Bibingka . traditional dessert maade with rice flour, sugar, clarified butter and coconut milk. baked in layers and topped with butter and sugar
- Queso de Bola (Edam cheese)
- Paella
- Caldereta[clarification needed]
- Roast Chicken,Duck,Turkey
- Cake
Poland
- See also: Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper
- barszcz[clarification needed]
- fried carp
- bigos
- makowiec
- uszka[clarification needed]
- kolduny[clarification needed]
- pierogi with sauerkraut and mushrooms
- fish soup
- kielbasa
- polish salad
Puerto Rico
- Pasteles[clarification needed]
- Lechon Asado[clarification needed]
- Arroz con Gandules
- Morcilla[clarification needed]
- Tembleque[clarification needed]
- Roasted Turkey
- Gandinga (a stew with pork tripe, kidneys and liver)
- Majarete [clarification needed]
- Arroz con Dulce / Rice Pudding
Romania
- Piftie (pork- and cow-based aspic, with pork meat, vegetables and garlic)
- Cârnaţi (pork-based saussages)
- Tobā (various cuttings of pork, liver boiled, diced and "packed" in pork stomach like a salami)
- Sarmale (rolls of cabbage pickled in brine and filled with meat and rice, see sarma)
- Cozonac, sort of Romanian equivalent of panettone
Serbia
- Fish soup (for the Christmas Eve)
- Koljivo[clarification needed]
- Česnica[clarification needed]
Spain
- Turron[clarification needed]
- Churros[clarification needed]
- Yema - Egg-based dessert
- Mantecados & Polvorones - crumbly cakes
- Langostinos - shrimp cocktail
- Esparragos blancos - White asparagus
Sweden
- Köttbullar - Swedish meatballs
- Julskinka - Christmas ham
- dopp i grytan - "dipping in the kettle" - dip bits of bread in the broth after boiling the ham.
- Lutfisk - lye-fish that has been boiled served with a white sauce
- Inlagd sill - Pickled herring (you usually have different kinds of picled herring)
- Julbord - Christmas smorgasbord, "Christmas table" (a catch-all term for all the dishes served during Christmas Eve)
- Rödkål - Sweet and sour red cabbage, as a side dish
- Janssons frestelse - Jansson's Temptation - scalloped potato casserole with anchovies
- Vörtlimpa - A Swedish rye bread with grated orange peel made at Christmas
- Julmust - A traditional, very sweet, stout-like, Christmas soft drink, originally intended as an alternative to alcohol
- Glögg - Mulled wine
- Knäck - Christmas toffee
- Prinskorv - Small hot dog sausages
- Revbensspjäll - Spareribs
- Pepparkaka - Gingerbread like Spice Cookies flavoured with black pepper
- Gravad lax - lox
- Julost - Christmas cheese
- Julgröt - Christmas rice pudding with an almond hidden inside
- Lussekatter - St. Lucia Buns
- An array of cheeses - Bondost - Swedish Farmer cheese, Herrgård, Prästost, Getost[clarification needed]
- Knäckebröd -dry crisp bread
- Sliced red beets [citation needed]
United Kingdom/ Ireland
In the United Kingdom, what is now regarded as the traditional meal consists of roast turkey, served with roast potatoes and parsnips and other vegetables, followed by Christmas pudding, a heavy steamed pudding made with dried fruit, suet, and very little flour. Other roast meats may be served, and in the nineteenth century the traditional roast was goose. The same carries over to Ireland with some variations.
- Brandy butter
- Brussels sprouts[13]
- Pigs in a blanket - Chipolata sausages wrapped in bacon
- Chocolate yule log
- Christmas cake
- Christmas pudding[14]
- Trifle
- Dundee cake
- Mince pies[15]
- Roast turkey[15]
- Stuffing
- Gravy
- Roast beef
- Roast duck
- Roast goose
- Roast pheasant
- Nut Roast (a popular vegetarian alternative)
United States
- Apple cider
- Boiled custard
- Candy canes
- Champagne, or sparkling apple cider
- Cheese log
- Chex mix
- Christmas cookies
- Cranberry sauce
- Eggnog
- Fruitcake
- Gingerbread, often in the form of a Gingerbread house or Gingerbread man
- Ham[16]
- Hot chocolate
- Marzipan
- Mixed nuts
- Persimmon Pudding
- Pie
- plum pudding
- Russian tea cakes
- Roast turkey, less often roast duck, goose, or pheasant
- Smithfield ham, often served on a biscuit or a roll
- Stuffing, also known as Dressing particularly in the Southern United States
- Lefse rolled with butter and sugar, particularly in Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota
See also: Thanksgiving (the dishes tend to be similar)
Venezuela
- Hallaca[clarification needed]
- Pan de jamón (ham-filled bread)
- Cabello de ángel[clarification needed]
- Dulce de Lechosa[clarification needed]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Christmas season celebrations in Australia". Culture and Recreation.gov.au. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
- ^ "Thème: Histoire de rond et de cougnou" (in French). Retrieved 2007-03-09.
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- ^ "Rice pudding". Retrieved 2007-03-09.
- ^ "Christmas in Europe, Where's Santa?". SourceWire. 2005-12-13. Retrieved 2007-03-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g "The gastronomy of Finland". Virtual Finland. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
- ^ a b c d "French Christmas: It's all about the food". Expatica. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
- ^ about.com, Noël in Provence Christmas tradtions and recipes from Provence. Retrieved Aug. 30, 2007.
- ^ Klaus Stahl/Chris Cave (2006). "It's all Napoleon's Fault - The success story of the Aachen Printe". Retrieved 2008-01-06.
- ^ Linda Stradley (2004). "History of Stollen, Dresden Stollen". Retrieved 2007-03-09.
- ^ "Christmas in Italy". The Worldwide Gourmet. Retrieved 2007-03-09.
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- ^ "Christmas food shopping uncovered". BBC News. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
- ^ a b "Christmas? What a waste!". BBC News. Retrieved 2007-03-09.
- ^ "Ministry helps out with Christmas food boxes". Salisbury Post. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
External links
- Rachael Ray Holiday Recipes
- 90+ Christmas Recipes
- Wiki-Recipe.org recipes for Christmas
- Collection of Christmas Recipes
- World Famous Recipes - Christmas Recipes
- Spanish Christmas recipes
- Christmas recipes from puddings to turkey
- Historic recipes for Mexico's Ensalada de Noche Buena (Christmas Eve Salad)