Make-ahead Christmas recipes
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Parfaits
Maple-peanut parfait with peanut brittle and boozy prunes
Parfait is the ultimate make-ahead dessert. This parfait recipe amps things up with crunchy peanut brittle and rum-soaked prunes.
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Dark chocolate
Dark chocolate mousse with blood orange gel and hazelnut crumb
Dark chocolate mousse is a delight with toasted hazelnut crumb and sweet-sharp blood orange gel in this festive make-ahead dessert.
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Pears
Beef carpaccio with pickled pear and parmesan mayonnaise
This carpaccio is a masterpiece on the plate, with butter-soft beef, pear, umami-rich mayo and crunchy nuts, A perfect make-ahead starter.
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Christmas air fryer recipes
Air fryer eggnog cheesecake
Cheesecakes are brilliant baked in the air fryer. The top is less likely to crack, providing a cheesecake that looks as good as it tastes.
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Preserves
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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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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Almond
Almond cheesecake meringue nests
Scoops of pillowy amaretto-spiked mascarpone top golden sugar meringue nests to make these individual festive desserts.
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Christmas baking
Tres leches eggnog cake
This tres leches eggnog cake puts a festive spin on the Mexican milk-soaked cake. The snowy bake is light, fluffy and subtly spiced.
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Christmas chocolate
Passion fruit snowball truffles
You only need four ingredients to make these pretty snowball truffles, with tangy passion fruit and creamy white chocolate.
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Stir-up Sunday
Best of the best Christmas pudding
Inspired by a family recipe, this Christmas pudding is intensely fruity and deeply spiced – the best figgy pudding you’ll ever make.
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Ice cream
Spiced fruit and mascarpone ice cream sandwiches
These ice cream sandwiches are inspired by our popular Christmas pudding semifreddo. A delight to have on hand in the freezer this Christmas.
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Christmas cakes
Mulled fig and apple Christmas cake
This lighter take on Christmas cake is packed with fruit, adding figs and apples to the classic mix. Mulled cider brings comforting warmth.
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Vegetarian pies
Ottolenghi’s butternut crunch pie
This ruffled filo pie from team Ottolenghi cleverly treads the line between sweet and savoury, with a top note of zingy heat thanks to a scattering of pickled chillies.
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Crab
Crab pots with parmesan crisps
Effortless but packed with flavour, this easy crab starter with fancy parmesan crisps can be made entirely in advance in just 15 minutes.
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Christmas baking
Orange gugelhupf with cranberries
A majestic, yeasted gugelhupf studded with dried fruit is a festive must-bake in much of Central Europe. Irina Georgescu shares her recipe.
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Mussels
Grilled mussels with garlic and parsley
These grilled mussels with garlic and parsley butter make a delicious starter and they look impressive too.
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