Christmas Eve dinner recipes
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Beef fillet
Classic beef wellington
Beef wellington is the all-time greatest dinner party recipe. Nothing beats cutting into golden pastry to reveal a blushing pink beef fillet.
Make-ahead Christmas sides
Giant potato rösti
A make-ahead side dish recipe made with onions, garlic and thyme. You can freeze the rösti – just warm it through before serving.
New Year's Eve recipes
Gennaro Contaldo’s porchetta
Traditionally in Italy, porchetta is a whole young pig flled with lots of fresh herbs and slow-roasted. Gennaro Contaldo's recipe uses pork belly
Mussels
Rick Stein’s la mouclade
Rick Stein's la mouclade mussels dish combines this popular seafood with a creamy curry sauce. Perfect for a Valentine's Day double date?
Showstopping salmon
Salmon en croûte
Our straightforward recipe makes light work of the tricky salmon en croûte. Serve this French classic as the centrepiece at a special occasion
Roast lamb leg
Swedish roast leg of lamb with anchovies and potato gratin
This lip-smacking Swedish roast lamb with potato gratin recipe works nicely as an alternative to the traditional Christmas or Easter roast.
Lobster
Lobster spaghetti with tomato ginger and basil
This luxurious pasta dish uses vine-ripened tomatoes to make a flavoursome tomato sauce, before stirring through ginger, lemon zest and fresh lobster.
Italian vegetarian
Torta Pasqualina (spinach and ricotta pie)
Torta Pasqualina is an Italian pie recipe made with artichokes, spinach, parsley and ricotta – plus, it's suitable for vegetarians.
Prawns
Buttered sea trout and prawn pots with dill and soda bread toast
A sea trout and prawn pot recipe, topped with butter and served individually with crispy toast, makes a for a perfect starter.
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