Christmas dinner recipes
Consider yourself truly spoilt for choice this year with our essential Christmas dinner recipes. We’ve got every Christmas main and side you’ll ever need to make your big feast a roaring success. From veggie and vegan feasts to epic turkey roasts, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a delicious. dinner recipe or two on the table.
Once you’ve got your Christmas mains sorted, don’t forget to plan ahead for some tasty trimmings and sides!
Then see our Christmas hub for 100s more ideas…
Add wow-factor to old festive favourites with our speedy Glow-Up hacks, from a fruity glaze to brush onto pigs in blankets to a savoury granola to scatter over bread sauce…
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Christmas trimmings, sides and sauces
Toasted sourdough bread sauce
Bread sauce is an unsung festive hero. This toasted sourdough version is the best bread sauce you’ll ever make.
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Christmas trimmings, sides and sauces
The best homemade turkey gravy
Homemade turkey gravy makes all the difference to your Christmas dinner. Prepare a flavoursome stock in advance and the rest is easy.
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Cranberries
Ultimate homemade cranberry sauce
Our ultimate homemade cranberry sauce is ready in 20 mins and can be made ahead. It's the perfect balance between tart and sweet.
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Roast potatoes
Rosemary roast potatoes
Roast potatoes are everyone's favourite part of Christmas dinner. This rosemary roast potatoes recipe is both foolproof and flavourful.
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Pigs in blankets
Marmalade pigs in blankets
Pigs in blankets are the first thing to disappear from the Christmas table. These easy marmalade-glazed piggies need just 10 minutes prep.
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Make-ahead stuffing
Sausage, sage, prune and onion stuffing
The best stuffing? Sage and onion stuffing or sausage and prune stuffing. This one contains both, making it the ultimate recipe.
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Cabbages
Braised red cabbage
This braised red cabbage offers a sweet-and-sour flavour combo with seasonal spice, cutting through the rich flavours of Christmas dinner.
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Carrots
Vichy carrots
Have you tried vichy carrots? This classic French technique is our favourite way to cook carrots. Star anise, thyme and lemon add flavour.
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Christmas turkey
The best roast turkey
Roast turkey that’s richly flavoured and juicy – that’s what you want on Christmas Day. This is our best roast turkey recipe.
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Christmas trimmings, sides and sauces
Butter-roast parsnips with hazelnuts and sage
Dish up your best-ever roast parsnips this Christmas. Crisp sage and a scattering of toasted hazelnuts provide flavour and crunch.
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Brussels sprouts
Fondant sprouts with bacon and chestnuts
Fondant sprouts with bacon and chestnuts is our favourite festive side. A two-step cooking process gets the best out of every sprout.
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Alternative Christmas roast
Air fryer festive traybake with gravy mayo
Everything you love about Christmas dinner in a single traybake, all cooked in the air fryer – perfect if you can’t wait until the big day.
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Christmas turkey
Roast turkey with a bacon lattice
You can never have too much bacon at Christmas, and dressing turkey with a bacon lattice imparts flavour and stops the breast drying out.
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Brussels sprouts
Roast sprouts with bacon, chestnuts and cream
Roast sprouts with bacon and chestnuts until tender and nutty, then stir through cream for an unapologetically decadent Christmas side dish.
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Alternative Christmas roast
Christmas roast goose
Take a break from turkey and make roast goose the star of Christmas dinner. The spice rub in our roast goose recipe adds aromatic flavour.
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Carrots
Orange and honey-roast carrots and parsnips
Carrots and parsnips are a key part of a roast dinner because they add colour and sweetness – especially with a good drizzle of honey.
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