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Christmas main course recipes
Are you yet to find your ultimate turkey recipe? Or going off-piste with your Christmas centrepiece this year, opting for a Wellington or even a slab of salmon? Whether you’re sticking to the traditional route or shaking things up, browse our Christmas main course recipes for an unforgettable Christmas dinner with all the trimmings.
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Christmas dinner made easy
Turkey pie
Sausages with lentils & pickled grapes
The best baked salmon
Pilpelchuma carrots with coriander & olives
Spiced Christmas roasties
Roast beef with date & tamarind
Beef, port & pickled walnut pie
Feta, chestnut & squash Wellington
Roast salmon with mussels, samphire & Champagne saffron broth
The best beef Wellington
Parsnip, butterbean, feta & cranberry loaf
Rosemary & maple gammon
Apricot, sausage, sage & almond stuffing
Brussels sprouts with hazelnut pangrattato
Angela Hartnett's turkey gravy
Roast turkey with rosemary, thyme & lemon butter
Onion & chive bagel bread sauce
Cranberry & orange sauce
The best roast potatoes
Chestnut & cranberry stuffing
Classic roast turkey crown
Mushroom & chestnut Wellington
Honey roast ham with Cumberland sauce
Dry-aged Aberdeen Angus wing rib with red wine gravy
Sticky five-spice gammon
Barbacoa gammon with black bean & mango salsa
Marmalade-glazed gammon with Savoy salad
Turkey & ham pie
Broccoli & blue cheese pie
Caramelised butternut, spinach & cheese rotolo
Sage & lemon braised turkey
Sweet & sour red cabbage
Roast beef with blackberry & port sauce
Roasted orange, maple & fennel seed glazed parsnips & carrots
Roast potatoes with rosemary salt
Christmas cranberry & sage stuffing
Clementine & cardamom cranberry sauce
Blanched sprouts with pecan & lemon brown butter
Vegan nut Wellington
Traditional honey-glazed gammon
Roast turkey with thyme & lemon
Roast salmon with orange
Turkey stock & gravy
Lemon & garlic butter turkey
Veggie Christmas pie
Glazed gammon with apples
Roast venison rack with Cumberland glazed shallots
Slow roasted brined wing rib of beef
Bay & thyme butter roast turkey
Mustard roast beef with red wine gravy
Treacle and mustard baked gammon
Fennel & citrus roast turkey
Maple butter glazed turkey with pancetta parcels