I had Christmas Syndrome

Christmas Syndrome is something I suffer from each year. It results in an irresistable urge to spike all the food with cloves.


bread sauce - push cloves into an onion and simmer in milk with a bay leaf until nice and infused - you can leave overnight if you like (I did). When ready to eat, reheat mixing with cubes of stale white bread and plenty of butter. It looks ugly but tastes divine with roast turkey.

While you're at it, make some mulled wine. Stick cloves in an orange and heat it up with some red wine, water, brown sugar and brandy.
To glaze and bake a ham stick cloves in the ham fat and press mustard powder and brown sugar all over the meat. Roast in a medium oven until it is all sticky and brown.

It's boxing day today. Time to put the cloves away until next year.