Enjoy a fabulous four-course Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, without breaking the bank. We've created a collection of festive recipes using ingredients from our Essential range – think turkeys for carving, sauces for slathering, desserts for indulging and cheese for nibbling – all with the quality you'd expect, at prices you wouldn't. And you can now add ingredients to your trolley from our recipe pages, too
Essential Christmas
STARTERS
Essential Christmas
STARTERS
Start your meal in style with a juicy prawn cocktail salad or a warming veggie soup made with a medley of festive ingredients.
Prawn cocktail & avocado salad
With responsibly sourced prawns and buttery avocado
Spiced sweet potato & leek soup with Stilton
Deliciously festive with leeks, Stilton and cinnamon
Essential Christmas
MAINS
Essential
Christmas
MAINS
Succulent traditional turkey, flavoursome festive ham, sumptuous seasonal salmon and the most wonderful meat-free Wellington – we've got delicious dishes to suit an array of dietary preferences.
Essential roast turkey with thyme & lemon
Our Essential turkeys are reared to high animal welfare standards
Essential honey-glazed gammon
All our fresh pork comes from British farmers we know and trust
Roast salmon with orange
This festive side of salmon makes a stunning yet simple centrepiece
Mushroom & chestnut Wellington
This moreish meat-free marvel will end up on everyone's plate
Essential Christmas SIDES & ACCOMPANIMENTS
Essential Christmas
SIDES &
ACCOMPANIMENTS
From parsnips and potatoes to veggies and bread sauce, treat everyone to all the trimmings this Christmas. Don't forget your Essential Cranberry Sauce and Essential Gravy – and Essential Cheese Sauce for making cauliflower cheese.
Perfect roast potatoes
Crunchy on the outside, fluffy on the inside – just the way they should be
Roast carrots & parsnips with honey & mustard
With crisp, caramelised edges and a temptingly sticky glaze
Parsnip & chestnut gratin
Slightly sweet and very satisfying – a spoonful goes a long way
Sage, bacon & chestnut stuffing
Bursting with festive flavour – with just 20 minutes of prep!
Roast red cabbage with redcurrant dressing
This classic must-have side dish takes just 10 mins of prep
All the greens
A gloriously verdant display with cabbage, sprouts and peas
Classic bread sauce
Delicious with a traditional turkey, or roast chicken
Make your own
PIGS in BLANKETS
Wrap Essential British Pork Cocktail Sausages or Essential British Pork Chipolatas in Essential Smoked or Unsmoked British Bacon Streaky Rashers (sliced in half if you're using cocktail sausages). Toss in a mixture of Essential Pure Clear Honey and Essential Wholegrain or English Mustard to make a glaze, if you like. Cook in a preheated hot oven, turning and basting once or twice until brown all over, piping hot throughout, the juices run clear and there is no pink meat.
Essential Christmas
DESSERTS
Essential
Christmas
DESSERTS
Keep it simple with an Essential Shortcrust Mince Pie (suitable for vegans) or choose from two divine dessert recipes below – just add Essential Single Cream or Essential Double Cream.
Pressure cooker Christmas pudding
A classic, rich pud that saves on both cooking time and energy usage
Gluten-free chestnut, chocolate & hazelnut cake
This tempting treat made with rich dark chocolate is gloriously gluten-free
Essential Christmas CHEESEBOARD
Serve a suitably stunning finale to your Christmas meal with an irresistible cheeseboard, complete with crackers and fruit.
How to use up
CHRISTMAS LEFTOVERS
How to use up
CHRISTMAS LEFTOVERS
Spend less over Twixtmas by transforming Christmas Day leftovers into something special. From turkey ramen to Christmas pudding doughnuts, discover delicious dishes below.
Christmas turkey leftovers
Christmas cheese leftovers
See the recipes
Christmas dessert leftovers
