tree birds recipe

What can you buy to have a cheap Xmas lunch at home?. Nowadays, Christmas is a race to the supermarket. We have forgotten that a good Christmas dinner just need few simple ingredients to make your Xmas amazing.

Today I decide to prepare a Tree Birds with mushrooms, roasted vegetable and Brussels sprouts.

Preparation and cooking time : 2 and half hour.

Ingredients:

Tree Birds from Lidl.
1 courgette
7 potatoes
2 carrots
herbs of provence
250 gr of mushrooms
white wine, 1/2 glass
parsley
oregano
oil extra virgin olive

Preparation of Vegetables:

Wash the potatoes and peel them and cut your potatoes into small pieces.
Do the same with the carrots and courgette. I didn’t add too many carrots and courgette , because I jus wanted to give some colour to the vegetable dish.
Add oregano, herbs provence and oil extra virgin olive.
Mix well, adding enough oil the vegetables will not stick to the pan during the cooking time.

The vegetables are cooked when both carrots and courgette are tender as your potatoes.

Preparation of Tree Birds:

First, pre-heating the oven at 200 degrees. I didn’t prepare the beef, I bought it in lidl: 1.5 kg (16 euro)

Cook the tree birds for 2 hours.
After an hour, sprinkle the outside with lard and put the vegetables in the oven too.
After 2 hours, take the tree bird off from the oven and let the vegetable to roast.

Preparation of Brussels sprouts

In the main time prepare the Brussels sprouts. You will boil them until tender in a medium pan. Dry them and serve with cranberry sauce.

Preparation of Mushrooms

Wash and cut 250 gr of mushrooms.
Add oli to the pan and 1/4 of onion. Fry for 2 mins.
Add mushroom to the pan and let them cook. Add more oil if you think you need it.
Season with white whine after 15 minutes and let it evaporate for 10 mins.
Then, season with parsley.
In a large bowl, serve the your roasted vegetables.