Last-minute Christmas menu

Hosting unexpectedly? Forgotten the starter? Or underestimated your timings? Worry ye not. Our last-minute Christmas menu is a quick-fix solution designed to tackle all of the above – and more. If you’ve found yourself with unexpected guests to cater for, our stress-free solution lies below.

Last minute

Deputy editor (audiences), delicious.

Guides | September 2021

Hosting unexpectedly? Forgotten the starter? Or underestimated your timings? Worry ye not. Our last-minute Christmas menu is a quick-fix solution designed to tackle all of the above – and more. If you’ve found yourself with unexpected guests to cater for, our stress-free solution lies below.

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What makes our last-minute Christmas menu so excellent? The starters and nibbles all take 30 minutes or less to make, the roast chicken main course can be made with just five ingredients, the sprouts roasted in 25 minutes, and the dessert recipe is devilishly good. A quick-fix Christmas IS possible – and it looks a bit like this…

Starters and nibbles
Smoked salmon fennel and clementine salad
White bean crostini with anchovy and lemon salsa

The main event
Christmas roast chicken
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Perfect roasties for Christmas
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Roast sprouts with cranberries

The pudding
Cherry syrup brownies

Check out the rest of our complete Christmas menus, here:

Classic Christmas menu
Make-ahead Christmas menu
Vegan Christmas menu
Vegetarian Christmas menu
Christmas menu for two people

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Last-minute Christmas menu