Simple Early Christmas Dinner

 

A pre-christmas trial dinner today! 

Baked a orange marinated chicken, along with homemade herbs & garlic butter shortcrust pastry and a homebaked orange cake with creamcheese frosting 😋

Chicken is so juicy and nicely marinated with the orange juice and herbs. Loved to baked chicken in my ninjafoodi, always gives me crispy skin and juicy meat! 

Hub love the shortcrust pastry christmas tree, the homemade herbs & garlic butter was so tasty! I think oldest love it too as she asked for more of it! I totally love the spread cos it makes the whole pastry smells and taste so great! Crusty and filled with garlicky herb fragrance ❤️

The orange cake was moist and goes super well with the creamcheese frosting! I love the slight tangy taste from the creamcheese frosting that compliments the orange fragrance from the cake. My eldest says ‘The white thing is so GOOD!’ and I agree with her too! 

So what did you had for dinner today? 😋😋 Now I am stuffed! 

Orange Baked Chicken

1 orange, juiced

Some orange wedges, thinly sliced

1Tbsp onion powder

1Tbsp dried parsley flakes

Pinch of black pepper

1) Marinate and rub above seasoning all over chicken and stuff some oranges inside chicken

2) Bake chicken 180deg x 30mins

3) Flip and bake another 15mins 

Herbs & Butter Garlic Christmas Shortcrust pastry 

30g Butter

5-6 garlic cloves, chopped

1Tbsp mixed herbs

Shortcrust pastry

1) Mixed butter, chopped garlic and mixed herbs

2) Put shortcrust pastry on baking paper and spread the above butter mix on 1 side of pastry then fold and seal edges

3) Use a cutter to cut out the shape of a christmas tree 

4) Cut the sides and twist them

5) Bake at 180deg x 25mins or til its nicely browned.

Orange Cake with Creamcheese frosting

(unable to share cake recipe as its a private bake along class)

Creamcheese frosting

42g creamcheese

30g butter

50g icing sugar

1tsp vanilla extract

1) Mix all above ingredients with a handwhisk til smooth.

2) Use as desired