Done with that turkey?

I love food and I quite like cooking, but I'm no Nigella Lawson who flips through recipes weeks in advance and thinks about what fantastic dish I'm going to put on the table this year. That's why we end up having a very ordinary and not very creative evening of gourmet cooking (‘because the kids like it’) with a scandalous collection of divine drinks. After all, we want something too. But this year I'm going to do it differently. I got the idea from Talisker whisky. They suggested the winter barbecue. Just dress warmly, have a fire pit in the garden, play Christmas music, and you create a memory for life. And that whisky keeps you warm, believe me.

The ingredients for such an evening are:
1. The fire pit
2. The barbecue

3. Marinated meat (and since we're talking about whisky, let it marinate in a dressing of oil, thyme, a splash of whisky, and a few chili peppers and you won't know what you're tasting)

4. Baked potatoes
Coarsely chopped vegetables for the barbecue (tonight it's pure and primal, no half-asleep lukewarm beds of lettuce and those kinds of culinary terms that always make me break out in a cold sweat as a medium cook.

5. A glass of Talisker whisky in hand (just a bit more original than mulled wine. Moreover, Talisker has two types of whisky. The first is for the less experienced whisky drinker, namely the Talisker Dark Storm (great name by the way), which is described as a bundle of soft honey, fresh fruit, and sea salt, followed by an explosion of flavor of red pepper and dark chocolate. I would say: fill the glasses, because this calls my name. For the experienced types among us, there is the Talisker Skye. Think of dried fruit, barley, and a wisp of smoke.

6. Everything of course served in a classic whisky glass.

Isn't this a Christmas you'll never forget? And if you want to surprise someone with such a good whisky, you make with this gift set someone surely happy.