Happy Holidays! I enjoyed tender, juicy prime rib for Christmas lunch and succulent ham for Christmas dinner. For some reason, it made me wonder what’s served at the White House on Christmas.
While I couldn’t get this year’s exact menu, I did find previous ones. Did you know in 2009 the White House threw 28 parties/open houses and prepared 120,000 cookies, according to CBS News? Even the President’s Hannukah party has 500-800 guests.
Here’s a menu from 2006, according to Salon.com:
- Display of Specialty Cheeses and Winter Fruits (Served with a Bountiful Display of Lavish Specialty Crackers and Spiced Pecans).
- Colossal Shrimp Cocktail and Jonah Crab Claws (Served with Ramseys Cocktail Sauce and Spiced Remoulade).
- Stuffed Turkey Breasts with Winter Mushrooms, Cheese and Brandied Cranberries.
- Sugar Cured Virginia Ham with Hot Pepper Mustard (Served with Warm Blue Corn Muffins).
- Chicken Fried Beef Tenderloin with White Onion Gravy (Served with Tiny Icebox Rolls).
- Herb Roasted Lollipop Lamb Chops served with Warm Yeast Rolls.
- Honey Cup Mustard Sauce.
- Fresh Tamales with Tomatillo Sauce and Black Beans.
- Baked White Cheddar Farfalle.
- Sweet Potato Soufflé.
- Asparagus Tier with Lemon-Garlic Aioli.
- Golden and Crimson Beet Salad with Orange, Fennel, and Feta.
- Chocolate Peppermint Cookies with Peppermint Crunch.
- Pecan Sandie Tree (Mexican Wedding Cookies, Russian Tea Cakes) with Layers of Cookies.
- Holiday Ornamental Cookies: Barney, Miss Beazley, Christmas Trees, Snowflakes, Candy Canes.
- Red Hat Box Mascarpone Cake.
- White Pound Cake with Mascarpone Cream Filling, Red Marzipan Frosting and Red Ribbon Bow Decoration.
- Coconut Cake.
- Coconut Chiffon Cake, Coconut Pastry Cream Filling and 7 Minute Meringue Frosting.
- Chocolate Roulade (Christmas Log): Soft Ganache Frosting with a Chocolate Sponge, Meringue Mushrooms, Magnolia Leaves in White Chocolate, Raspberries.
- Mini Tartlettes.
- Pecan Pie, Lemon Meringue Pie, Orange Chiffon and Chocolate Boston Cream Pie.
- Chocolate Truffles.
- Homemade, Bittersweet Chocolate Ganache.
- Long Stem Strawberries with Dark Chocolate Dipping Sauce.
- Warm Macintosh Apple Cobbler With Oatmeal Crumble.
- Pumpkin Trifle.
