Martian Food
Sep 18, 2015
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Up to 2 days before:
- Make the Prosciutto-Gruyère pinwheels and refrigerate.
Up to 1 day before:
- Purchase the shrimp and the cocktail sauce (and if it's Christmas Eve, do it early or you will regret it until at least the day before the Super Bowl.)
- Make the chocolate mousse and refrigerate. Instead of making whipped cream, you can cheat and buy Cool Whip if you want—it will keep the green bean casserole company.
- Make the red wine sauce, but don't add the final 3 tablespoons of butter. Refrigerate.
- Cut up the broccoli and refrigerate.
Early in the day of the dinner:
- Make the green bean casserole and refrigerate.
- Make the Twice-baked potatoes and refrigerate.
- Prep the tenderloin and refrigerate. Remove it from the refrigerator 3½ hours before you plan to serve it (or prep it right before you put it in the oven.)
2½ hours before serving:
- Put the tenderloin in the oven.
1½ hours before serving:
- Take the potatoes out of the refrigerator.
- Serve the hors d'oeuvres.
½ hour before serving:
- Take the tenderloin out of the oven and immediately increase the temperature to 400° F.
- Put the green bean casserole and the potatoes in the oven. Check frequently after 20 minutes to make sure they are not getting too browned.
- Prepare the broccoli for the oven and put in the oven 20 minutes before you plan to serve dinner.
- Reheat the sauce, and right before serving, add the butter.
Note: The oven temperature for the vegetables and the potatoes assume that you only have one oven available. If you have 2, heat the potatoes and the green beans for one-half hour at 350°F and the broccoli at 425°F for fifteen minutes.