Christmas recipes for two
Planning an intimate Christmas dinner this year? Our Christmas recipes for two include indulgent starters, celebratory main courses, and easy festive dessert ideas. Most of these recipes serve two with a few, like our Christmas roast chicken, serving four. That’s the Boxing Day leftovers taken care of, then.
Want to spruce things up even more? Try our five Glow-Up hacks – including a fruity glaze to brush onto pigs in blankets, and a savoury granola to scatter over bread sauce.
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30-minute meal recipes
Plaice with sparkling wine sauce
Sparkling wine brings luxury to this simple fish dish, offering sweet, complex acidity to contrast with the delicate plaice, butter and cream.
Christmas leftover recipes
Cheesy panettone French toast
Sweet, citrus-studded panettone and cheese? Trust us, it’s a match made in heaven, especially when panettone gets the French toast treatment.
Tiramisu recipes
Tiramisu mess
A mash-up of two dessert classics: Eton mess and tiramisu. Speedy enough for a midweek treat but fancy enough for Christmas or Valentine's.
Christmas recipes for two
Goat’s cheese salad with cranberry dressing
Our goat's cheese salad with zesty cranberry dressing makes an easy light lunch or starter. Could it become your go-to festive starter?
Easy vegan recipes
Nut roast balls, onion gravy and greens
Clodagh McKenna's nut roast balls with onion gravy and greens makes a fantastic vegan alternative to roast dinner or a simple Christmas lunch.
Duck recipes
Michel Roux Jr’s roast duck with spiced pears
Michel Roux Jr's Christmas roast duck makes a decadent festive meal for two. The meat is tender and the crisp skin soaks up all the flavours.
Christmas starter recipes
Beetroot-cured salmon with watercress
This colourful Christmas starter uses beetroot and colourful citrus zest to produce a beetroot-cured salmon that looks as good as it tastes.
Christmas turkey recipes
Stuffed turkey legs
This festive stuffed turkey leg recipe is a great alternative to the whole roast turkey. Serve with our signature mash and Brussel sprouts!
Festive desserts
Caramel clementines
Boozy caramel is drizzled over clementines for an easy but seriously good dessert. Serve with ice cream, pistachios and pomegranate seeds.
Valentine's Day recipes
Roast duck breasts with agen prunes and armagnac
This restaurant-worthy duck recipe is guaranteed to make your Valentine's date swoon. It's also a fab Christmas dinner option for two people.
Dinner ideas for two
Creamy bread sauce for two
Quiet Christmas with the two of you? This creamy bread sauce recipe makes just enough for two people - perfect for a chilled out Christmas Day.
Alternative Christmas roast recipes
Christmas roast chicken
Instead of turkey, try our Christmas chicken recipe. It's a beautiful-looking bird that will steal the show as the centrepiece of your festive table.
November seasonal recipes
Partridge with Ampleforth Abbey cider and cabbage
Creamy cider sauce is a delight and works very well with the partridge.
Soufflé recipes
Roasted pear and blue cheese soufflé
Sweet roasted pears counterpoint the salty blue cheese in this savoury vegetarian soufflé – grab two spoons and share it with your date.
October seasonal recipes
Jacob Kenedy’s wild duck with grapes and radicchio
Chef Jacob Kenedy's wild duck recipe is an easy introduction to cooking with game. Serve as an alternative to your standard Sunday roast.
Christmas cocktail recipes
Almond milk eggnog
When you want to whip up a Christmas drink for snuggling in front of the fire, this almond-milk eggnog is the recipe for you.
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