Christmas trimmings, sides and sauces
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the best feast of trimmings, sides and sauces. Our recipes will help you prepare the ultimate menu.
Jazz up your Christmas dinner with ease with our Glow Up mini recipes: they including a sage and nutmeg garlic butter to toss with veg, rosemary candied pecans to add crunch and a surprisingly moreish hazelnut and orange chilli oil to intrigue your guests….
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Air fryer recipes
Air fryer yorkshire puddings
You can make cracking Yorkshire puddings in an air fryer – freeing up priceless oven space when making a roast dinner.
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Air fryer recipes
Air fryer roast potatoes
Our ultimate air fryer roast potatoes recipe is infused with aromatic garlic and rosemary and given extra crunch from a secret ingredient.
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Game recipes
Game terrine with brandy-soaked prunes
Nicholas Balfe's game terrine makes a special Christmas dish. The festive spices go beautifully with seasonal game and brandy-soaked prunes.
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Preserves recipes
Wine jelly
Debora Robertson's wine jelly is a versatile condiment to have on hand. Serve with cheese and charcuterie, or stir into sauces.
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Leek recipes
Creamy baked leeks
In this cosy side dish recipe, leeks are cooked slowly in cream and cheese until soft and golden. A delicious accompaniment to any roast.
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Brussels sprouts recipes
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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Christmas recipes from around the world
Christmas Jansson’s temptation
Brontë Aurell shares her recipe for Jansson's temptation (Jansson's frestelse), a classic Swedish potato dish made with cream and ansjovis.
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Bread sauce recipes
The best bread sauce
A classic bread sauce recipe with onion, bay leaf and nutmeg. Serve as part of our zero-waste Christmas dinner, where everything gets used up.
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Carrot recipes
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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Red cabbage recipes
Braised red cabbage with pickled walnuts and tarragon
Red cabbage is an essential element of the festive plate, thanks to its sweetness and acidity. Make this Christmas side dish ahead.
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Brussels sprouts recipes
Sprout and anchovy gratin with porcini crumb
This gratin, with the sprouts baked in anchovy-infused cream, will be the dark horse of your Christmas dinner. Just wait until you taste it...
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Stuffing recipes
Goose liver and sausagemeat stuffing
This rich sausagemeat stuffing for roast goose is bolstered with the goose’s liver and given zing with pickled walnuts.
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Gravy recipes
Goose gravy
When there’s roast goose in the mix, it’s easy to make great gravy. This recipe uses veg trimmings and roasting juices for a rich result.
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Christmas trimmings, sides and sauces
Christmas peas
Buttery peas flecked with pink grapefruit provide a flash of green at the Christmas table. Not traditional, but zingily flavoursome.
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Christmas trimmings, sides and sauces
Sprouts in blankets
Two Christmas icons combine to make sprouts in blankets. Even sprout haters will change their beliefs when they taste them wrapped in bacon.
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Celeriac recipes
Celeriac, sage and black garlic gratin
Celeriac, sage and black garlic create the ultimate winter gratin. This flavour-bomb of a side dish is sure to liven up your Sunday roast.
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