Sunday roast side dish recipes
Fancy something delicious to serve with Sunday lunch? Our best Sunday roast side dish recipes include classic accompaniments such as roast potatoes, parsnips, carrots and peas. Some of our favourites include these garlic and bay roast potatoes, creamy baked leeks and roast sprouts with cranberries (ideal for Christmas).
We’ve got plenty of ideas for serving up seasonal vegetables with an extra-tasty twist, too: try your root veg enhanced with mandarins or purple sprouting broccoli with garlic and chilli.
Need lighter Sunday roast side dish recipes to serve with a spring or summer lunch? Warm asparagus and lettuce with mint or jersey royals with broad beans and serrano ham might just steal the show…
A proper roast wouldn’t be complete without gravy. We’ve also got recipes for bread, cranberry and mint sauces, plus yorkshire puddings, indulgent gratins, creamy dauphinois and cauliflower cheese.
Yet to decide on your Sunday lunch centrepiece? Browse our favourite roast chicken recipes.
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Carrot recipes
Roast carrots with shatta butter
Ravinder Bhogal gives classic roast carrots a Middle Eastern twist in this side dish recipe, serving them with pistachios and...
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Gratin recipes
Baked chicory with ham
Slightly bitter white chicory, grown in the dark as a ‘forced’ salad vegetable, is at its peak in early spring....
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Potato recipes
Pommes anna with lemon and sage
Pommes anna is a dish of thinly sliced potatoes baked in layers, similar to dauphinois. There’s no cream added, though....
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Gratin recipes
Hasselback swede gratin
The sweet, nutty flavour of swede is divine in this creamy swede gratin recipe, infused with nutmeg and bay and...
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Celeriac recipes
Mandarin-dressed roots
Floral mandarins provide the perfect contrast for earthy celeriac and sweet carrots in this root vegetable side dish. Served on...
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Leek recipes
Creamy baked leeks
In this festive side dish recipe, leeks are cooked slowly in cream and cheese until soft and golden. Recipe taken...
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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 traditionally made with cream and...
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Carrot recipes
Orange and honey-roast carrots and parsnips
Carrots and parsnips are an important part of a roast dinner because they add colour and sweetness – especially with...
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Brussels sprouts recipes
Sprout and anchovy gratin with porcini crumb
Sprouts can soak up flavour yet stand up to bold, fierce cooking, thanks to their density. This side dish, with...
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Christmas trimmings, sides and sauces
Christmas peas
Flecked with the pink of grapefruit and peppercorns, this bowl of peas provides a much needed flash of green at...
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Celeriac recipes
Celeriac, sage and black garlic gratin
Earthy celeriac, woody sage and the powerful umami of black garlic create the ultimate winter dish. This absolute flavour-bomb of...
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Tahini recipes
Tahini roast potatoes with figs
OK, so these aren’t the prettiest roast potatoes you’ve ever seen, but believe us, they make up for it in...
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Best of the best recipes
Best of the best gratin dauphinois
The side dish of dreams, the comfort food of the gods – gratin dauphinois is France’s creamy, beige gift to...
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Jewish recipes
Tzimmes
Tzimmes is a Ashkenazi Jewish side dish of stewed fruit and root vegetables that’s traditionally served on Rosh Hashanah. Its...
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Favourite vegetarian recipes
Marmalade-roasted squash with herby labneh
Scatter marmalade-roasted squash and root veg with a tasty homemade herby labneh for a show-stopping veggie dish. It’s perfect to...
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Rhubarb recipes
Onion and rhubarb sauce for yorkshire puddings
This rhubarb and onion sauce makes the most of delicate forced rhubarb from Yorkshire, and is a brilliant partner for...
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