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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Nigella Lawson’s ham hocks with mustard and marmalade

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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Pigs in blankets carbonara

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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Baked camembert with harissa honey

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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Air fryer festive traybake with gravy mayo

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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Plaice with sparkling wine sauce

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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Cheesy panettone French toast

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 mess

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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Goat’s cheese salad with cranberry dressing

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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Nut roast balls, onion gravy and greens

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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Michel Roux Jr’s roast duck with spiced pears

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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Beetroot-cured salmon with watercress

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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Stuffed turkey legs

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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Caramel clementines

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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Roast duck breasts with agen prunes and armagnac

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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Creamy bread sauce for two

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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Christmas roast chicken

Alternative Christmas roast

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.

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