Alternative Christmas roast recipes
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Easy dinner party mains
Lemon sole with potted shrimp butter
Rick Stein’s sophisticated fish supper brings the restaurant experience home. Try it at your next dinner party, serve as an...
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Vegetarian Christmas dinner recipes
Porcini mushroom and vegetable nut roast
Forget those uninspiring veggie offerings of Christmases past – this updated porcini mushroom and vegetable nut roast is rich, savoury and...
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Christmas dinner recipes
Beef wellington with spinach and chestnut mushrooms
Beef wellington is a dinner party classic – perhaps because it’s a make-ahead marvel, or maybe because, once you’ve tasted...
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Satisfyingly slow roasts
Soy-braised pork belly
”This simple yet punchy dish, using what I believe to be the best part of the piggy, requires little effort...
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Christmas turkey recipes
Brined and barbecue-roasted turkey with beetroot purée and tahini gravy
The Christmas turkey to rival all turkeys, try chef Josh Katz’s brined and barbecued-roasted turkey for a roast dinner with...
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Roast chicken recipes
Roast stuffed chicken with mustard fruits and green sauce
A main-event showstopper, follow this recipe for a roast stuffed chicken full of vibrant festive flavours. The sweet-spicy accompaniment of...
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Christmas salad recipes
Roast beef with fragrant crunchy salad
For a lighter roast which doesn’t compromise on flavour: try tender roast beef with a fragrant, crunchy salad of beansprouts,...
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Christmas turkey recipes
Bacon-wrapped turkey with mustard and tarragon butter
You can’t rush a classic. It’s time to take things slow with this knockout slow-roast, bacon-wrapped turkey recipe; it makes...
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Alternative Christmas roast recipes
Roast goose with black pudding apple and sage
River Cottage chef Gill Meller shares his recipe for roast goose, which makes a great alternative centrepiece for Christmas Day...
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Roast recipes
Roast rib of beef with a golden crust
This stunning rib of beef is roasted in a golden crust of horseradish, mustard, ginger and brown sugar. It requires...
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Lamb curry recipes
Slow-cooked curried leg of lamb
The slow-cooked leg of lamb recipe requires surprisingly little work for such spectacular, melt-in-your mouth results. Cumin, coriander and ginger...
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Duck recipes
Duck breasts with port sauce and celeriac purée
Learn how to cook duck breasts to perfection – until pink in the centre – and serve these pan-seared beauties...
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Alternative Christmas roast recipes
Christmas roast chicken
Instead of turkey this year, try our Christmas chicken recipe. It’s a beautiful-looking bird that will steal the show as...
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Cauliflower recipes
Cauliflower wellington
This vegetarian recipe has been developed with a traditional, luxurious beef wellington in mind. The cauliflower is covered in a...
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Easter recipes
Roast chicken with bread stuffing
Chef, food writer and cookery teacher Alan Rosenthal is known for his one-pot dishes but roast chicken with stuffing is...
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Alternative Christmas roast recipes
Halloumi and pistachio nut roast
Hosting a vegetarian Christmas? This epic halloumi and pistachio nut roast is packed full of flavour and a healthy helping...
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