Thanksgiving recipes
Celebrate Thanksgiving with easy and traditional recipes including turkey, side dishes, vegetarian options, pies and desserts.
The turkey Start with the best roast turkey recipe or roast turkey with a bacon lattice. Fancy brining the bird? Follow this brined turkey with rich gravy recipe.
Easy sides Dish up an unforgettable feast with sides like creamy mashed potato, sweet potato stuffing and cranberry sauce.
Perfect pies Take your pick from pumpkin pie, salted maple pretzel pie or caramelised maple tart.
Browse more traditional American recipes, or get more ideas for Thanksgiving essentials like sweet potatoes, cranberries and pumpkin.
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Cranberries
Ultimate homemade cranberry sauce
Our ultimate homemade cranberry sauce is ready in 20 mins and can be made ahead. It's the perfect balance between tart and sweet.
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Christmas turkey
The best roast turkey
Roast turkey that’s richly flavoured and juicy – that’s what you want on Christmas Day. This is our best roast turkey recipe.
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Sweet pies
Salted maple pretzel pie
What do you get if you cross treacle tart, American maple syrup pie and pretzels? A gloriously sticky, slightly salty dessert.
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Christmas turkey
Roast turkey with a bacon lattice
You can never have too much bacon at Christmas, and dressing turkey with a bacon lattice imparts flavour and stops the breast drying out.
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Thanksgiving
Alison Roman’s caramelised maple tart
Alison Roman's caramelised maple tart has a deep, rich maple flavour with a hint of cinnamon. Top with whipped cream and a drizzle of syrup.
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Alternative Christmas roast
Pernil (Puerto Rican slow-roasted pork)
Pernil is Puerto Rican slow-roasted pork with tender meat and crispy crackling, often served at Thanksgiving or Christmas.
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Vegetarian Christmas dinners
Sourdough stuffing balls
These zingy sourdough stuffing balls are a vibrant alternative to the heavy, traditional versions. Great with turkey, chicken or goose.
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Make-ahead Christmas
Caramelised onion, pear and chestnut stuffing
Get ready for Christmas with this make-ahead chestnut stuffing recipe from Chantelle Nicholson. Freeze, then defrost when ready to bake.
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Canapés and cocktails
Jerry Thomas Manhattan
From the bar of London's Joe Allen, comes this twist on a classic Manhattan, first made in 1884 by America’s cocktail godfather Jerry Thomas.
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Gill Meller recipes
Gill Meller’s brined barbecued turkey with a rich gravy
Gill Meller explains how to brine and barbecue a turkey. The method may be unconventional but the results are succulent and full of flavour.
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Turkey
Turkey pozole
This delicious version of pozole, a hearty Mexican soup, uses leftover turkey in place of the traditional pork, and is made with pozole corn.
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Brunch
Pecan and cinnamon monkey bread
Studded with pecans and drizzled with vanilla icing, this soft, stickily sweet cinnamon monkey bread is irresistible as part of a brunch.
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Vegetarian Christmas
Parsnip and porcini wellington
Give it some welly with a vegan parsnip and porcini wellington; it makes a fail-safe meat-free centrepiece to entertain all meat-eaters, veggies and vegans.
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Christmas turkey
Brined and barbecue-roasted turkey with beetroot purée and tahini gravy
The Christmas turkey to rival all turkeys, try chef Josh Katz's brined and barbecued-roasted turkey for a roast dinner with a real difference.
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Christmas trimmings, sides and sauces
Sweet potato, ciabatta and chestnut stuffing
This sweet potato, ciabatta and chestnut stuffing bake ticks all the boxes for a smashing roast dinner, and will satisfy both veggies and meat-eaters alike.
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Christmas turkey
Bacon-wrapped turkey with mustard and tarragon butter
Looking for a Christmas turkey recipe? This knockout slow-roasted, bacon-wrapped turkey makes enough to serve 8 with juicy leftovers to spare.
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