Festive Cocktails

Christmas Night Cocktail Joseph Bialotto, bartender at Apicius restaurant in Paris Egg Nog - USA  Glögg - Mulled wine, Sweden Glögi - Mulled wine, Finland Perrier-Jouët Champagne Cocktail Mumm's Mango Morning Champagne Cocktail Courvoisier Flurry Ultimate Holiday Sangria Folly Sparkling Wine Cocktail

First Courses and Canapés

Leek, Potato and Caviar Rounds with Cream and Christmas Beer Sauce Caviar, blini and sour cream, Russian-style Thinly-sliced duck breast à l'orange - Hôtel Splendid, Nice Oysters Rockefeller Cretons, Potted Meat from Rigaud - Sucrerie de la Montagne, Quebec Kutia - Wheat with Honey and Poppyseed, Ukraine Cured raw salmon - gravlax - Finland Foie Gras Pâté en croûte with Chrismtas Beer Antoine Westermann, Le Buerehiesel, Strasbourg Finnish liver pâté - Finland Montisola Scrambled Eggs Gualtiero Marchesi, Albereta, Italy Lobster Club on Brioche Toast with Vanilla Bean Aïoli Sebastien Centner, Eatertainment Special Events, caterer in Toronto Smoked Salmon Lollipops Sebastien Centner, Eatertainment Special Events, caterer in Toronto

Soups

Borshch - Beet and Cabbage Soup, Ukraine Lobster Cappuccino Jérôme Ferrer, Restaurant Europea, Montreal Cream of Endive Soup with Christmas Beer Stéphane Jego, Restaurant L'Ami Jean, Paris Butternut Squash Shooters with Poached Shrimp Sebastien Centner, Eatertainment Special Events, caterer in Toronto Turbot and Langoustine Soup Gualtiero Marchesi, Albereta, Italy Almond Soup - Spain Cherry Soup

Fish

Sea Bream with Saffron and Sherry - Spain Roast Pike-Perch Loin with Christmas Beer and Fricassée of Fall Fruits Antoine Westermann, Le Buerehiesel, Strasbourg Lobster Cooked Japanese-Style - Onigara-yaki Langoustines in Saffron Pastry with Winter Salad Johann Lafer, Stromburg, Germany Boiled Cod - Portugal Roasted Scallops, Parsnip Galettes and Mousseline, Christmas Beer Reduction and Arugula Salad Benoît Bernard, Restaurant La Laiterie, Lambersart, France

Poultry, Meat and Game

Dalmatian Pot Roast - Pasticada, Croatia Creole Blood Sausage - French West Indies Roast Kid - Portugal Rack of Veal Jardinière Gualtiero Marchesi, Albereta, Italy Red Seal Guinea Fowl Capon Roasted with Ceps and Flavored with Orange Old-Fashioned Roast Farm Capon - Hôtel George V, Paris Turkey Stuffed with Cognac, Apples and Raisins Sucrerie de la Montagne, Quebec Roast Turkey with Chestnuts - Great Britain Turkey Stuffed with Meat, Tomato and Red Currants - Greece Turkey Stuffed with Walnuts - Portugal Traditional Turkey - Quebec Boiled Turkey with Oyster Sauce - Quebec 1820 Holiday Turkey with Giblet Gravy Roast Turkey with Chestnut and Apricot Stuffing Venison Cutlets in Almond Crust Johann Lafer, Stromburg, Germany Visé-Style Goose - Belgium Roast Goose with Cardamom and Reduced Christmas Beer Sauce Goose Stuffed with Prunes - Provence Tourtière, Meat Pie from Rigaud - Quebec Tourtières, Meat Pies from St-Jovite, Charlevoix, Val-Jalbert and the Outaouais - Quebec Pork, Beef and Veal Tourtière, Meat Pie from the Ile d'Orléans - Quebec Duck Tourtière from the Outaouais - Quebec Six-Pâtes, Meat Pie from Lac St-Jean - Quebec

Vegetables, Pasta and Side Dishes

Brandy Butter - Great Britain Red Cabbage with Ribera del Duero Wine - Spain Rutabaga Gratin - Finland Carrot Gratin - Finland Fougasse - Provence Cranberry Sauce - Great Britain Spaghetti with Small Lake Fish and Anchovy Sauce Gualtiero Marchesi, Albereta, Italy Varenyky (Perogies) - Potato Dumplings, Ukraine

Desserts

Brioche with Christmas Beer, Pears and Christmas Beer Ice Cream Antoine Westermann, Le Buerehiesel, Strasbourg Chocolate Yule Log with Christmas Beer Jelly and Orange Zests Yule Log - Quebec Yule Log with Candied Fruit Serge Peuzin, Auberge du Luberon-Peuzin, Apt Snowy Yule Log - Sucrerie de la Montagne, Quebec Bierawecka - Alsace Mocha Spice Squares - Mauritius Touron Ice Cream (ice cream with two nougats) and Chocolate Sauce - Spain Christmas Cake - Great Britain Flourless Almond Cake President's Cake - USA Pound Cake Poppyseed Roll - Croatia Gingerbread House Johann Lafer, Stromburg, Germany Kouglof Warm Kougelhopfs with Sour Cherries and Cinnamon Kirsch Ice Cream Antoine Westermann, Le Buerehiesel, Alsace Frozen Nougat with Honey - Provence Traditional Pannetone with Yogurt and Almond Milk Ice Cream Gualtiero Marchesi, Albereta, Italy Rice Pudding - Finland Christmas Bread - "joululeipä" - Finland Butterscotch Sauce Christmas Stollen Johann Lafer, Stromburg, Germany Frozen Stollen with chocolate ginger sauce and warm purée of dried fruits Johann Lafer, Stromburg, Germany Star-Shaped Christmas Cookies - Joulutortut - Finland Christmas Pudding - Great Britain Mincemeat Tarts - Great Britain Leite creme - Portugal Rabanadas - Portugal

Cookies and other special treats

Oliebollen - New Year's Eve Doughnuts, Netherlands Breadcrumb doughnuts in rosemary honey syrup - Spain - Spain Fritules - Croatian fritters Traditional Biscotti with Anise and Lemon Zest - Italy Polenta Biscotti - Italy Old-fashioned Gingerbread Cookies - Finland Christmas Jam - Switzerland Bitter orange or Seville orange peels in syrup - Spain Fritules - Fritules - Croatian fritters Massa de Filhos - Portuguese Christmas Doughnuts San Pablo Christmas Marzipan Madeleines made with olive oil - Spain Muskatnockerln - Nutmeg Macaroons, Austria Kourabiedes - Greek New Year's Cookies Rumkugeln - Austrian Rum and Walnut Balls Dufflet Rosenberg's Chocolate Shortbread Cookies Vanilla crescents - Austria Vanillekipferl or Vanilla crescents Johann Lafer, Stromburg, Germany Zimtsterne - Cinnamon Stars, Austria