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Belgium List Christmas dishes and food
- Cougnou (or cougnolle), sweet bread in the form of the infant Jesus
Canada List Christmas dishes and food
- Apple cider
- Yule Log
- Candy canes
- Christmas pudding
- Eggnog
- Fruitcake
- Pumpkin Pie
- Gingerbread, often in the form of a Gingerbread house or Gingerbread man
- Ham
- Pt la viande
- Roast turkey
- Tourtire
- Shortbread
- Stuffing
Czech Republic List Christmas dishes and food
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 List Christmas dishes and food
- Apple dumplings (bleskiver) sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with
strawberry marmalade
Boiled potatoes
Brown sauce (Brun sovs)
Browned potatoes (Brunede kartofler)
Christmas beer (Julel) - Glogg (Glg)
- Rice pudding with almonds (Risalamande) served with cherry sauce (kirsebrsauce)
- Roast duck (Andesteg) served with apples and prunes
Red cabbage (Rdkl)
Finland List Christmas dishes and food
- Freshly salted salmon (Graavilohi)
- Rosolli salad of pickled herring and boiled vegetables (Rosolli)
- Baked ham with mustard (Kinkku)
- Turkey (Kalkkuna)
- Raw-pickled slightly salted salmon (Kylmsavuohi)
- Carrot Casserole (Porkkanalaatikko)
- Potato Casserole (Perunalaatikko or tuuvinki)
- Swede pudding, rutabaga casserole (Lanttulaatikko)
- Liver Casserole (Maksalaatikko)
- Mixed fruit soup or prune soup (Sekahedelmkiisseli, luumukiisseli)
- Rice pudding or rice porridge with cinnamon, sugar and cold milk or with mixed fruit soup (Riisipuuro)
- Glogg or mulled wine (Glgi)
- Prune jam pastries (Joulutortut)
- Gingerbread, sometimes in the form of a Gingerbread house or Gingerbread man (Piparkakut)
France List Christmas dishes and food
- Bche de Nol
- Foie gras
Nougat noir au miel
Kouglof traditionnel - Ganzeltopf
- Berauwecka
Germany List Christmas dishes and food
- Pfeffernsse
- Glhwein
- Lebkuchen
- Christstollen
- Hexenhuserl
- Springerle
- Pltzchen
Italy List Christmas dishes and food
- Panettone (Milan)
Japan List Christmas dishes and food
- Christmas cake - Different from a U.K. Christmas cake or American fruitcake, the Japanese Christmas cake is usually sponge cake frosted with whipped cream, and topped with strawberries.
Contrary to popular myth and KFC advertisements, chicken karaage (fried chicken) is not a traditional Christmas meal in Japan. The Christmas holiday in Japan is akin to the Valentine's Day holiday in countries like America, often celebrated by couples with meals in upscale restaurants. As such, there is no specific traditional meal.
Lithuania List Christmas dishes and food
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 (liikai')
Auselės (Deep fried dumplings)
Herring with carrots (silkė su morkomis')
Herring with mushrooms (silkė su grybais')
New Zealand List Christmas dishes and food
- Pavlova
Norway List Christmas dishes and food
Poland List Christmas dishes and food
Serbia List Christmas dishes and food
- Fish soup (for the Christmas Eve)
- Koljivo
- Česnica
Spain List Christmas dishes and food
Sweden List Christmas dishes and food
- Kttbullar - Swedish meatballs
Julskinka - Christmas ham
Inlagd sill - Pickled herring (you usually have all different kinds of sill as well)
Julbord - Christmas smorgasbord (julbord really means all the dishes you eat at christmas together)
Rdkl - Sweet and sour red cabbage - Julmust - A traditional very sweet stout-like, Christmas soft drink
- Glgg - Mulled wine
- Knck - Christmas toffee
- Prinskorv - Small sausages
Revbensspjll - Meat on bones
Pepparkaka - Gingerbread
Gravad lax - Graved salmon
Julost - Christmas cheese - Julgrt - Rice pudding
United Kingdom List Christmas dishes and food
In the United Kingdom, the traditional meal consists of roast turkey or goose, served with roast potatoes and other vegetables, followed by Christmas pudding, a heavy boiled pudding made with dried fruit (traditionally plums) and flour.
- Brandy butter
- Chocolate yule log
- Christmas cake
- Christmas pudding
- Dundee cake
- Mince pie
- Roast turkey
Snap-dragons
Stuffing
Gravy
roast beef
roast duck
roast goose
Brussels Sprouts
United States List Christmas dishes and food
- Apple cider
- Candy canes
- Champagne, or sparkling apple cider
- Christmas cookies
- Cranberry sauce
- Eggnog
- Fruitcake
- Gingerbread, often in the form of a Gingerbread house or Gingerbread man
- Honey ham
- Hot chocolate
- Marzipan
-
Pie
- Apple pie
- Pecan pie
- Pumpkin pie
- Roast turkey, less often roast duck or roast goose
- Smithfield ham, often served on a biscuit or a roll
- Stuffing also known as Dressing in the Southern United States
Venezuela List Christmas dishes and food
- Hallaca
- Pan de jamn (ham-filled bread)
External links
- Wiki-Recipe.org recipes for Christmas
- Santa's Lapland and Christmas Club - Christmas Recipes
- Collection of Christmas Recipes
- World Famous Recipes - Christmas Recipes
- Spanish Christmas recipes
- Recipes
- Tip-Top-Hot Recipes
Categories: Christmas food