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.
Start things off with a baked camembert with harissa honey, go alternative with our delicious air fryer festive traybake, or get the greens in with a goat’s cheese salad.
We’ve also got leftovers sorted with a cheesy panettone French toast. Fancy something sweet? You’ll love our tiramisu mess.
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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Impressive recipes for a special occasion
Poussins stuffed with olives, capers and prunes
Take the bold flavours of chicken marbella and turn them into this easy but impressive stuffed poussins dinner for two.
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Christmas hams
Nigella Lawson’s ham hocks with mustard and marmalade
Queen of Christmas Nigella Lawson shares an exclusive recipe for a perfectly petite pair of ham hocks with a mustard and marmalade glaze.
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Carbonaras
Pigs in blankets carbonara
Carbonara gets a Christmas makeover by adding pigs in blankets. What’s not to like about this fun festive dinner recipe?
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Camembert
Baked camembert with harissa honey
Oozy, gooey cheese drizzled with a fiery, sweet topping; this easy baked camembert with honey recipe is perfect for entertaining.
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Alternative Christmas roast
Air fryer roast dinner 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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30-minute meals
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.
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Christmas leftovers
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.
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Tiramisu
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.
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Christmas 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?
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Easy vegan
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.
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Duck
Michel Roux Jr’s roast duck with spiced pears
Michel Roux Jr's Christmas roast duck with spiced pears makes a decadent festive meal for two. The meat is tender and skin crisp.
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Christmas starters
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.
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Christmas turkey
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!
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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.
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Valentine's Day
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.
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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.
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