Christmas Dinner Starter

[donchano]

Oven space will be at a premium on Christmas Day so I want to serve a hot starter for Christmas dinner that I can cook in advance and reheat in the microwave. Does anyone have any suggestions, apart from soup? I would have liked to do a goat's cheese tart with puff pastry but I've read that pastry gets a bit soggy when reheated in the microwave.

[Musictv2019]

I always have soup or smoked salmon you can heat them both in the microwave.

[woofgang]

heat smoked salmon??????? noooooooo!

[anneasquith]

Do your tarts have a soggy bottom ?.

[barry1010]

Call me old fashioned but I always enjoy a seafood cocktail for my Christmas starter, or potted crab https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/potted-crab/

[barry1010]

Perfect soup for Christmas day and of course any left over can be frozen. You could offer a choice of soup or seafood cocktail (or the potted crab)
https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/spiced-parsnip-and-apple-soup/

[237SJ]

Some kind of warm terrine maybe? There are a few recipes for warm ones on the internet. I would have thought they would be ok in a microwave.

[Paigntonian]

Scallops in pastry

[lady-janine]

Mulled wine?

[rowanwitch]

Smoked salmon ravioli with prawn sauce

[lady-janine]

Chilled champers? No cooking involved.

[Chipchopper]

French onion soup and crusty bread

[237SJ]

I supposed baked camembert or brie might work in a microwave. Baked with garlic, rosemary and served with melba toasts or crusty bread. Would probably be a sharing plate though.

[Maydup]

How about grilled avocados with a goats cheese filling and caramel onion relish.

[ummmm]

Do a no cook starter.

Do you usually do starters?

[Theland]

Starter - '' Start that side of your plate and work north!''

[Bobbisox1]

We have a choice of two on the 25th,
A prawn cocktail on a bed of shredded iceberg lettuce with chopped apple in tiny pieces also a couple of segments of an easy peel tangerine ( small) , cherry toms quartered and Marie Rosé sauce with sprinkled nutmeg....or
Melon balls with Serrano ham

[Bobbisox1]

^ and fresh king prawns too of course

[Theland]

Choice - take it or leave it!

[ummmm]

What is it about xmas that makes people eat so much?

[LadyCG]

I would go with a cold starter such as a prawn / crab / lobster cocktail and may serve a palate cleanser such as sorbet in between.