Make-ahead Christmas dinner recipes
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Alternative Christmas roast recipes
Roast goose with roast apples and onions and potato stuffing
You won’t miss the turkey with this fabulous roast goose recipe, perfect for Christmas Day. Stuffed with a herby potato...
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Gammon recipes
Jalapeño, coriander and lime salt crusted ham with mango salsa
We’ve given this glorious gammon recipe a bit of a kick with sweet and spicy jalapeño peppers. If you like...
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Make-ahead Christmas dinner recipes
Ham hock terrine
This ham hock terrine recipe is a great starter or buffet item for a large gathering as it can be...
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Creamy chicken recipes
Pan-fried chicken supremes in mustard, cream and prune sauce
If you can’t find chicken supremes, you can use skin-on chicken breasts instead – both taste incredible when cooked in...
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Make-ahead Christmas dinner recipes
Sausage and taleggio brioche roll
An impressive centrepiece filled with a gooey, cheesy sausagemeat filling and encased in a soft and slightly sweet brioche dough...
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Vegetarian Christmas dinner recipes
Butternut squash roulade
An impressive vegetarian roulade filled with a butternut squash puree, a creamy goats cheese sauce and topped with toasted walnuts...
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Beetroot recipes
Beetroot pithiviers
A showstopper vegetarian main course recipe, our beetroot pithiviers would be perfect for a winter dinner party or Christmas Day...
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Recipes with tinned beans
Warm fennel, butter bean and parmesan dip
”A comfortingly smooth and savoury mixture. If you don’t want it warm, spread it cold on crostini for a simple...
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Smoked haddock recipes
Smoked haddock, bacon and parmesan dip
Serve this cheesy dip, made with smoked haddock and crispy bacon at your next dinner party. It’s best enjoyed alongside...
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Trout recipes
Trout terrine with capers, chopped egg, dill and chives
Served with fresh crusty bread and sharp pickled cucumbers, Gill Meller’s trout terrine is studded with chopped egg and capers....
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Make-ahead Christmas dinner recipes
Oat biscuits with herbs and goat’s cheese
Forget blinis, chef Raymond Blanc’s combination of herby goat’s cheese and oat biscuit will be your new favourite canapé recipe.
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Celeriac recipes
Roast beef sirloin with spiced celeriac gratin
For a truly comforting Sunday roast, serve perfectly cooked beef sirloin with creamy spiced celeriac gratin. Plan your next Sunday...
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Make-ahead Christmas dinner recipes
Raymond Blanc’s salmon tartare blinis
It wouldn’t be a party without canapés – Raymond Blanc puts his twist on a drinks party classic with these...
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Christmas canapés
Mini pissaladières
These classic French canapés may be small in size but the topping made from anchovies, olives and thyme means they’re...
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Make-ahead Christmas dinner recipes
Potato and morcilla scotch eggs
We’ve given classic scotch eggs an upgrade by adding the Spanish version of black pudding – you won’t be able...
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Sausage roll recipes
Sage, chilli and feta sausage rolls
If you thought the humble but oh-so-satisfying sausage roll couldn’t get any better, think again. Here in our feta sausage...
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