Christmas food recipes | Food | The Guardian (2024)

Kitchen aide Final magic touches to zhoosh your Christmas lunch

Caramelise the sprouts, brine the turkey, embrace ‘crunchy fairy dust’ – trouble-free ways to add theatre to your festive feast

Published: 9:00 AM

A kitchen in Rome Rachel Roddy’s favourite way with carrots –recipe

I turn to my favourite trio of cooks for ideas for the Christmas carrots, and the answer is unanimous: Italian legend Ada Boni’s method of braising them in butter with marsala

Published: 6:00 AM

Notes on chocolate An easy recipe to savour or impress your friends

Chocolate pavé is family favourite that has never failed to please, says Annalisa Barbieri

Published: 4:00 AM

Feast Stuffed cabbage and ricotta pancakes: Alex Jackson’s recipes for festive rolls

Roll up! Two east European-inspired dishes of cabbage leaves stuffed with a rich spiced pork filling, and cream-cheese-stuffed baked pancakes smothered in a sour cherry sauce

Published: 6:00 AM

From irresistible nibbles to decadent desserts: our best recipes for Christmas Day

A festive collection from our archive of favourite starters, main courses and puddings

Published: 7:00 AM

Kitchen aide What impressive meal can I make in the run-up to Christmas?

If you’re entertaining friends before the big day, make it special but avoid turkey and trimmings

Published: 9:00 AM

Anja Dunk’s Christmas cakes, bakes and chocolate recipes

Spiced biscuits, marzipan cake and Flammkuchen – a celebration of festive German baking

Published: 6:20 AM

Yotam Ottolenghi recipes Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for alternative Christmas vegetable sides

Veggie sides, but not as you know them: a spicy-sweet, Mexican-style roast pumpkin with salsa and chipotle oil, an almost-Indonesian marinated beetroot with salty peanut dressing, and charred brussels sprouts in a lime and basil dressing

Published: 4:30 AM

Felicity Cloake's masterclass How to make pastry pinwheels for a party – recipe

Ludicrously simple to make, especially if you buy in the pastry, easily customisable and a surefire hit – who doesn’t like puff pastries?

Published: 7:00 AM

Kitchen aide What is the best Christmas party food?

Cheese and chocolate are your friends, but keep them bite-sized. Top chefs share their favourite nibbles …

Published: 9:00 AM

Thomasina Miers’ party recipes for co*cktail sausages and a cardamom mojito

Published: 8:00 AM

A kitchen in Rome Rachel Roddy’s kaleidoscope of appetisers – recipe

Published: 6:00 AM

Christmas party food and drink Bowled over: Richard Godwin’s party punches – recipes

Four unconventional party-starters: a mulled negroni, an ‘apple pie’ mixer, a brew of dessert wine, brandy, grapefruit and maraschino, and a bafflingly good milk-and-rum punch

Published: 6:00 AM

Feast Croquetas, spicy nuts and cheese straws: Ravinder Bhogal’s recipes for party snacks

A trio that will be a triumph with co*cktails: Japanese-spiced, lime-spiked mixed nuts, cheese straws with a chutney tang and goat’s cheese and beetroot croquetas

Published: 2:00 AM

The sweet spot Choux-in: Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for orange and hazelnut Paris-Brest

Orange-and-hazelnut ganache sandwiched in a wheel of delicately crisp choux pastry and topped with a vanilla-orange cream

Published: 7:00 AM

How to make the perfect Basque cheesecake – recipe

If you’re still looking for a high-impact sweet centrepiece for the Christmas table, this simple baked dessert is ideal

Published: 7:00 AM

Thomasina Miers’ recipe for a festive guajillo and pineapple adobo roast ham

A cheering alternative Christmas ham with a spicy, sweet-sour Mexican glaze of pineapple and chilli

Published: 8:00 AM

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for dark chocolate and orange tart

This festive tribute, in tart form, to the Terry’s Chocolate Orange makes for a showstopping dessert

Published: 6:00 AM

Ravneet Gill’s sherry apple ‘mince’ pie recipe

Spiced apple pies that will win over people who (say they) don’t like mince pies

Published: 6:30 AM

Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for Christmas snacks and nibbles

A set of festive snacks: caraway, spelt and parmesan grissini with aleppo chilli, to dip in a three-cheese mix with spiced date syrup and pine nuts, and a posh, sake-cured salmon with sesame sprinkles and pickles

Published: 4:30 AM