'Twas the night before Xmas...

...and all through the house wafting aromas of the feast did abound! Natural born foodies (aka la famiglia) gathered round. The table laden with festive food fit for the eve! A clam pasta for entree set the scene, what followed was oven baked perfect snapper, a panzanella salad and lush platter of king prawns and sydney rock oysters. The perfect ending was of course a dish of lychees and cherries to prepare the way for the formage Frais pannacotta with honeycomb and raspberries... yum! What more could you want than a sumptious menu, family gathered around, wine a plenty....

The snapper was king, and a treat to make.. essentially, get up at the crack of dawn, head on over to your trusty fishmonger ( ie farros bros), prepare for your 1.75hr experience, as you join fellow foodies trying to lay their hands on some good quality fish. So for this snapper dish this is the key, you need good quality fresh snapper. Ask them to gut and scale it for you... back at home give it a bit of a wash, grab a good bunch of italian parsley, shove it where it's guts used to be, along with slices of two garlic (organic ) cloves, and three-four slices of preserved lemons. drizzle a little bit of extra v. olive oil in a baking pan, place the fish in there, add sea salt flakes and craked pepper and more oil and massage the top of the fish a little, cover with foil, place in preheated oven about 160... when eyes are clouded, fish feels fleshy should be good to go, at least twenty minutes depending on size of the fish... and then allow it to rest, and serve it up, its succulent, light white flesh- perfection really! Enjoy my own inspired creation Ange xx

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Level of Diff: Can watch tv at same time

Time: Flight syd-melb.

End Result: Drop everything now! MUST TRY THIS NOW!

Above is our feast closer... vindication for collecting recipes from all sorts of places, this is karen martini recipe from an old newspaper magazine a couple of years ago.. making the honeycomb from scratch is a must do!!

Now it's time to recover two days of sumptious feasting requires resting! merry Christmas!