These are our best ever Christmas recipes to make
If you're in charge of the big Christmas feast this year, fear not - we've compiled all our best ever Christmas dishes from our extensive (and triple-tested) recipe catalogue.
We know that there is a huge amount of festive recipes to choose from, which can sometimes be overwhelming, so we've curated a whole gallery and picked our absolute must-have Christmas recipes to have on the Christmas table this year.
From inventive canapés to light starters, show stopping turkeys to fabulous sides, alternative mains to delicious desserts, we have every possible discerning taste covered!
Looking for gifts for the budding home cook? We've rounded up our must-have kitchen essentials for making meal time a breeze!
Spice-Rubbed Turkey
Rubbed with black peppercorns, bay leaves, garlic granules and paprika for a flavoursome twist to your Christmas feast.
Recipe: Spice-Rubbed Turkey
Citrus-salt and Thyme Brined Turkey
Salting (or dry-brining) your turkey makes for wonderful juicy meat. If you’re short on time, start from step 4 and instead season the clementine butter generously with salt.
Recipe: Citrus-salt and Thyme Brined Turkey
Individual Grape, Thyme and Goat’s Cheese Tarts
These clever pastries showcase the classic combination of tangy goat’s cheese and sweet grapes, with added sharpness from the balsamic vinegar.
Recipe: Individual Grape, Thyme and Goat’s Cheese Tarts
Coquilles St Jacques
An impressive looking dish, that doesn't actually require much work. Serve with buttery mashed potatoes, if you like.
Recipe: Coquilles St Jacques
Pickled Cucumber Salad with Roast Glazed Salmon
This crisp cucumber salad beautifully balances out the richness of the salmon.
Recipe: Pickled Cucumber Salad with Roast Glazed Salmon
Mini Chilli and Crab Doughnuts
If you can’t get fresh crab meat, tinned works, too, just drain it thoroughly. For a vegetarian version, swap the crab for mashed hard-boiled eggs.
Recipe: Mini Chilli and Crab Doughnuts
Pancetta Breakfast Cups
Serve up breakfast for dinner with these tasty little frittatas. Swap the brown sauce for ketchup, if you prefer.
Recipe: Pancetta Breakfast Cups
Goat's Cheese Balls
These no-fuss cheese bites look super pretty, and can easily be made a day ahead.
Recipe: Goat's Cheese Balls
Pear, Candied Pecan and Blue Cheese Salad
A fruity elegant salad that’s sure to impress. Replace the blue cheese with a goat’s cheese if you’re not a fan.
Recipe: Pear, Candied Pecan and Blue Cheese Salad
Smoked Salmon Mousse with Pink Peppercorn Butter
The traditional way to hearald a Christmas feast, and these individual serving are so simple and can be made in advance.
Recipe: Smoked Salmon Mousse with Pink Peppercorn Butter
Smoked Salmon and Spinach Roulade
Make this eye-catching centrepiece for your guests which combines a cheesy, spinach roulade, filled with a prawn, smoked salmon and ricotta filling.
Recipe: Smoked Salmon and Spinach Roulade
Clementine and Sage Turkey with Madeira Gravy
Our top choice for Christmas is this exquisite roasted turkey with clementine and sage. Top it with Madeira gravy to make the perfect main dish for your feast.
Recipe: Clementine and sage turkey with Madeira gravy
Stuffed Turkey Roll
Impressive and simple to carve, this turkey roll is packed with sweet apples and spicy chorizo
Recipe: Stuffed Turkey Roll
Stuffed Rack of Pork with Cider Gravy
Our rack of pork recipe is special enough for the confident cook to serve, yet simple enough for the novice to master - try it as a main dish for your Christmas meal.
Recipe: Stuffed rack of pork with cider gravy
Beef Wellington with Port Gravy
Beef Wellington is a recipe that takes some time, but it is a showstopper worthy of a Christmas dinner table.
Recipe: Beef Wellington with Port Gravy
Vegetarian Pea Pithivier
A vegetarian alternative for your guests, this pea pithivier also makes a stunning centrepiece.
Recipe: Vegetarian pea pithivier
Whole Stuffed Celeriac
The earthiness of the mushrooms combined with the truffle oil makes this a perfect vegan showstopper for meat eaters and vegetarians, too.
Recipe: Whole Stuffed Celeriac
Hasselback Squash
For vegans, replace goats cheese with a substitute, we like Violife Feta Style Non-Dairy Cheese Alternative.
Recipe: Hasselback Squash
Caramelised Onion and Squash Baked Ricotta
Serve this delicious vegetarian centrepiece at the table alongside your turkey and the meat eaters will all want a slice too!
Recipe: Caramelised Onion and Squash Baked Ricotta
Chicken and Pork Terrine
This terrine will look fabulous on your dinner table and will taste even more amazing.
Recipe: Chicken and pork terrine
Pork, Apricot and Hazelnut Stuffing Log
A new way with stuffing, and best presented and carved at the table. Unless you’re using it to stuff the turkey, keep the nuts nice and chunky.
Recipe: Pork, Apricot and Hazelnut Stuffing Log
Thyme and Sherry-Glazed Turkey
For this year's main event, we have glazed our turkey with sherry, marmalade and mustard and rubbed it in clementine juice, thyme and butter.
Recipe: Thyme and Sherry-Glazed Turkey
Roasted Vegetarian Quinoa Stuffing
A recipe that is not only full of protein, fibre and magnesium but also adds wonderful nuttiness to your stuffing.
Recipe: Roasted vegetarian quinoa stuffing
Polenta and Parmesan Roasties
A couple of cunning additions add a gloriously cheesy crunch to everyone’s favourite side.
Recipe: Polenta and Parmesan Roasties
Herby Turkey Crown
Turkey crowns are simple to roast and carve, and delicious to eat.
Recipe: Herby Turkey Crown
Roast Potatoes
Traditional roast potatoes are always a favourite.
Recipe: Roast potatoes
Mince Pies Millionaire's Shortbread
Love the flavours of a mince pie? You'll love this millionaire's shortbread with the flavours of mince pie running through them.
Recipe: Mince Pies Millionaire's Shortbread
Triple Cooked Potato Roasties
Well worth the effort, these triple cooked roasties are going to be the star of the show this Christmas. Plus, you can make these days ahead or even freeze up to a month before reheating!
Recipe: Triple Cooked Potato Roasties
Garlic and Sage Roast Potatoes
Make sure to use a mild olive oil as extra virgin oil will add a bitterness. Ideally you want to roast the potatoes in an even layer – the oven tray is ideal for this.
Recipe: Garlic and Sage Roast Potatoes
Stacked Potato Dauphinoise
This gratin, thanks to its vertically stacked potatoes, is both creamy and crispy, so you get the best of both worlds.
Recipe: Stacked Potato Dauphinoise
Shredded Sprouts
This sprout dish with smoked bacon will taste delicious with your turkey.
Recipe: Shredded sprouts
Chocolate Brownie Trifle
Ready in only 30mins, this showstopper trifle is a real treat for guests.
Recipe: Chocolate Brownie Trifle
Jewelled Sprouts
Dolcelatte is suitable for vegetarians, and the burst of pomegranate freshness is a delight (as well as being pretty!).
Recipe: Jewelled Sprouts
Roasted Cabbage with Blue Cheese Dressing
Roasting the cabbage really brings out its earthy sweetness.
Recipe: Roasted Cabbage with Blue Cheese Dressing
Cherry & White Chocolate Pavlova
Make the meringue and cherry compote up to a day ahead for a fuss-free Christmas day.
Recipe: Cherry & White Chocolate Pavlova
Festive Veggie Pie
This multi-layered veggie pie is a labour of love, but if you or your special guests are veggie, they will be well catered for.
Recipe: Festive Veggie Pie
Hasselback Celeriac Gratin
Hasselback-ing everything makes every vegetable even better (more surface area for more flavour) and celeriac just feels so festive.
Recipe: Hasselback Celeriac Gratin
Onion and Porcini Gravy
If not serving to vegetarians, you can replace some or all of the stock with the roasting tin juices of the cooked turkey, or its resting juices
Recipe: Onion and Porcini Gravy
Brown Bread Sauce
No Christmas dinner would be complete without a serving of bread sauce, and this one’s a winner.
Recipe: Brown Bread Sauce
Mulled Cranberry Sauce
So easy to make and much more flavoursome than the jarred varieties.
Recipe: Mulled Cranberry Sauce
No-Bake Irish Cream and White Chocolate Tart
The tangy flavour of crème fraîche helps balance the sweetness from the white chocolate, but you could use extra double cream, if you prefer.
Recipe: No-Bake Irish Cream and White Chocolate Tart
Clementine and Prosecco Trifle
The retro mix of almonds and sugar sprinkles gives much needed crunch to the topping on this fruity but rich pud, but you could use some pared orange zest instead – clementines are generally too fragile for paring!
Recipe: Clementine and Prosecco Trifle
Candy Cane Roulade
Vibrant red, this stunning dessert is sure to make an impact on your guests!
Recipe: Candy cane roulade
Peppermint Brownies
With a hint of peppermint, these festive chocolate brownies will go down a storm warm from the oven with a scoop of ice cream!
Recipe: Peppermint brownies
Snowball Cocktail Tart
This Christmas dessert recipe is inspired by the classic festive Snowball cocktail. Cheers!
Recipe: Snowball Cocktail Tart
Brandy Butter Caramel Chocolate Fondants
The use of brandy butter in these melting chocolate puddings mean they are a perfect Christmas dessert recipe.
Recipe: Brandy Butter Caramel Chocolate Fondants
Mulled Clementine Meringue Wreath
The clementines and cranberries transforms this meringue recipe into a show stopping Christmas dessert recipe.
Recipe: Mulled Clementine Meringue Wreath
Black Forest Yule Log
A classic yule log recipe gets a makeover thanks to the retro Black Forest gateaux.
Recipe: Black Forest Yule Log
Panettone Party Bombe
As Christmas dessert recipes go, this ice cream filled panettone is a showstopper and easy to make, too.
Recipe: Panettone party bombe
Braised Red Cabbage
A bowl of red cabbage is an essential Christmas side dish and so simple to make.
Recipe: Braised red cabbage
Dry-Brined Turkey with Ultimate Get-Ahead Gravy
Brining your Christmas turkey adds extra moistness to the meat.
Recipe: Dry-Brined Turkey with Ultimate Get-Ahead Gravy
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