Make-ahead Christmas recipes
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Christmas baking recipes
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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Mussel recipes
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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Trifle recipes
Traditional English trifle
Raspberry jelly, thick vanilla custard, sherry-soaked sponge fingers and pillowy mounds of whipped cream: it's the ultimate traditional trifle.
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December seasonal recipes
Chicken liver pâté with beetroot, orange and sage
Orange zest and liqueur give this pâté a festive flavour, with beetroot and crispy sage leaves adding colour and interest.
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Celebrity chef Christmas recipes
Jeremy Lee’s profiterole tower
A classic profiterole tower: delicate choux puffs stuffed with custard and ice cream, with a jug of warm chocolate sauce to pour over the top.
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Christmas buffet recipes
Cheesy Marmite puff pastry swirls
These simple but sophisticated cheese scrolls keep for 2 months in the freezer. Have a batch on hand ready for Christmas parties and nibbles.
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Make-ahead Christmas recipes
Harissa lamb kofte bites
These freeze-ahead kofte bites are perfect for Christmas parties and festive nibbles.. Serve the harissa lamb kofte with cooling yogurt dip.
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Make-ahead Christmas recipes
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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Christmas pudding recipes
Christmas pudding made with beer
Packed with plump, moist fruit, this is a fragrant, complex winner, only made better by the addition of dark beer, prunes, figs and dates.
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Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes
Chocolate coconut meringue wreath
This is one epic dessert. A chocolate coconut meringue wreath topped with fruit curd, chocolate cream, toasted coconut and melted chocolate.
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Roast potato recipes
Garlic roast potatoes with bay leaves
Looking for a roast potatoes recipe that won't let you down? Our garlic and bay roast potatoes are crisp and golden with soft fluffy insides.
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Make-ahead Christmas sides
Vodka-infused cranberry sauce
Give classic cranberry sauce a boozy kick. Our vodka-infused cranberry sauce takes 10 mins to make and will keep for a week in the fridge.
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Trifle recipes
Sherry trifle with praline and orange custard
Our stunning sherry trifle is topped with orange custard, a billowing layer of cream and praline shards. The perfect festive dessert.
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Christmas chocolate recipes
After Eights chocolate tart
Obsessed with After Eights? Our next level chocolate tart has crisp pastry filled with layers of velvety mint white and dark choc ganache.
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Christmas pudding recipes
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Christmas pudding
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall shares his recipe for Christmas pudding, the River Cottage way. This zesty pud is packed with citrus and apple.
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Christmas cake recipes
Rick Stein’s Christmas cake
Rick Stein's recipes never fail to deliver and his Christmas cake is no exception. Follow Rick's step-by-step recipe for a classic iced cake.
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