Blonde ragù pasta bake with prosciutto (nidi di tagliatelle al forno)
The next time you have friends round for dinner, swap out lasagne for this sophisticated yet…
🍽 Serves 6⏱ 25 min hands-on · 3 hours 10 min oven◆ Easy
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Christmas Eve dinner recipes
If, like us, you love the continental approach to Christmas Eve – where the celebrations begin with a slap-up meal – we’ve got lots of Christmas Eve dinner recipes for you, including mains, starters and sides.
There’s a classic lasagne, make-ahead fish pie, slow-cooked beef stew, the best beef wellington and lots more. Duck and prune tagine makes a great dinner with a difference, as does our mulled wine-braised venison cobbler – comforting and delicious to boot. Finish off your meal on a sweet note with Rick Stein’s double-crust apple pie.
All these recipes are effortlessly elegant but hit just the right note for a special occasion. Scroll down for some Christmas menu ideas too.
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Nigella Lawson’s ham hocks with mustard and marmalade
Queen of Christmas Nigella Lawson shares an exclusive recipe for a perfectly petite pair of ham…
Dairy-freeGluten-free
🍽 Serves 2 with lots of leftovers (or 4 with less)⏱ 20 min hands-on · 3 hours 20 min oven◆ Easy
Best-of-the-best beef wellington
Want to show off your cookery skills this Christmas? Try our best-of-the-best beef wellington recipe for…
🍽 Serves 8⏱ 45 min hands-on · 40 min oven◆ Medium
Roast trout with clementine, ginger, spring onion and herbs
Fancy an alternative to all those heavy Christmas mains? Try this spectacular whole roast trout recipe…
Dairy-freeGluten-free
🍽 Serves 6-8⏱ 25 min. Oven time 30-40 min hands-on · 40 min oven◆ Easy
Paul Ainsworth’s The Mariners taramasalata on toast
Taramasalata on toast makes a winning dinner party starter, party nibble – or just-because snack. “This…
Dairy-free
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 30 min hands-on◆ Medium
Baked camembert with harissa honey
Who doesn’t love baked camembert? Here oozy, gooey cheese is drizzled with a fiery, sweet honey.…
Gluten-freeVegetarian
🍽 Serves 2-4⏱ 10 min. Oven time 10 min hands-on · 10 min oven◆ Easy
Duck and prune tagine
Duck legs are the ultimate choice for low-and-slow cooking, as they become fall-apart tender with ease.…
Dairy-freeFreezable
🍽 Serves 6⏱ 30 min. Simmering time 3 hours hands-on · 3 hours oven◆ Easy
Classic saltimbocca
Saltimbocca is a popular Italian main course (or ‘secondi’) that sees thin tender slices of veal…
🍽 Serves 4-6⏱ 20 min hands-on◆ Easy
Chicken alfredo
Creamy and rich with a hint of garlic and dried herbs, this simple chicken alfredo pasta…
🍽 Serves 2⏱ 40 min hands-on◆ Easy
Lasagne di salsiccia piccante e polenta (spicy sausage and polenta lasagne)
This lasagne-with-a-twist from food writer and author Ursula Ferrigno hails from Italy’s Veneto region. “Hearty and…
🍽 Serves 4-6⏱ 1 hour. Oven time 40 min hands-on · 40 min oven◆ Easy
Chicken thighs in a mustard, tarragon and grape pan sauce
Elevate your weeknight dinner with these crispy chicken thighs served in a sophisticated mustard and tarragon…
Gluten-free
🍽 4 servings
Best of the best fish pie
There are fish pie recipes, and then there’s our best of the best fish pie recipe.…
Freezable
🍽 Serves 4-6⏱ 1 hour. Oven time 30 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Medium
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