Christmas Recipes

Discover delightful Christmas recipes perfect for every festive occasion. From appetizers to main courses, explore easy and delicious options including seafood, chicken, vegetarian dishes, and more. Find sweet treats, cookies, and cakes ideal for the holidays. Get inspired with make-ahead ideas, snacks for kids, and Christmas Eve lunch ideas. This board has all your Christmas recipes covered, with sides, dinner options, and baking tips to make your holiday meals memorable.
348 Pins
·
1mo
Christmas Stained Glass Cookies
These Christmas Stained Glass Cookies are a showstopping festive treat that goes down well with everyone in the family. A soft sugar cookie base with a melted boiled sweet centre, you can use these delicious treats as edible Christmas tree decorations too, plus they are so good for your holiday cookie exhange. A fun and delicious Christmas treat that is very easy to make with only 6 ingredients.
Easy Almond Croissants
Easy Homemade Almond Croissants with Puff Pastry and almond paste, a delicious breakfast or brunch recipe that is incredibly easy to make, perfect for tantalising your taste buds. This is no simple breakfast or brunch, but quite a fancy one, great for special occasions or perhaps a lazier start of a day at the weekend when you feel like spoiling yourself with something nice. Flakey and golden, with a nice crunch coming from the almonds, what a treat this is!
Christmas Mince Pie Tart
Christmas Mince Pie Tart made with a homemade sweet shortcrust pastry and ready-made mincemeat, a delicious festive dessert that is full of holiday flavours. This tart is basically a giant mince pie topped with star-shaped pastry and lightly dusted with icing sugar for an even more decadent touch. A family-favourite christmassy dessert that is so easy to make with a handful of ingredients.
Easy Chocolate Mince Pies
A twist on the classic mince pie recipe, these Easy Chocolate Mince Pies feature a fantastic sweet chocolate shortcrust pastry filled with ready-made mincemeat and topped with a star-shaped shortcrust, then baked in the oven to get a gorgeous crisp base with a sweet and chistmassy filling. It's such a decadent treat that is so easy to make with a few simple ingredients, and it's sure to go down well with the whole family.
Quick and Easy Banoffee Trifle
A quick and easy no-bake dessert for the Christmas season, but also great all year round, this 4-Ingredient Banoffee Trifle is a spin off the classic banoffee pie, but even easier and as rich and decadent. You will get layers of broken biscoff biscuits, sliced bananas, caramel sauce and cream in one wonderful treat that is the ultimate centerpiece for every occasion.
Festive Panettone Pudding
Festive Panettone Pudding with brandy-soaked mixed dried fruit, walnuts and spices, an idulgent homemade treat full of christmassy flavours. The pudding is made with evaporated milk and eggs and has no cream added, but it's still so rich and scrumptious, and it goes down well with the whole family.
2-Ingredient Mince Pie Pinwheels
2-Ingredient Mince Pie Pinwheels or Mincemeat Pinwheels, an idulgent twist on the classic Christmas dessert, mince pies. They are so quick and easy to make, and we only need two ingredients: puff pastry and store-bought mincemeat. The ingredients can be homemade, but the store-bought ones are just as good, and way quicker to use. A family-friendly festive treat!
Salmon Wellington
Salmon Wellington or Salmon en Croute, a gourmet dish with a festive touch. Flaky golden puff pastry, salmon fillet cooked to perfection, a filling of spinach, cream cheese and caramelized onions and a handful of samphire make this dish perfect for every party or celebration. Easy, delicious, a big hit with the whole family.
Christmas Braised Red Cabbage
A classic side dish for your festive menu, this Christmas Braised Red Cabbage with dried cranberries and apples is incredibly easy to make, and guarateed to be a hit with everyone at the table. It adds a delicious splash of colour, and it spoils your taste buds with its warm, earthy spices, and a wonderful contrast of sweet and tangy . A must-try side recipe for your Christmas dinner!
Chicken & Brussel Sprout Casserole
Chicken and Brussel Sprout Casserole with walnuts and bechamel sauce, a delicious Christmas side dish for the whole family. It's very easy to make, and a great alternative to the plain boiled brussels during the festive season. So comforting and satisfying!
Lat-Minute Sauteed Green Beans
Last-Minute Sautéed Green Beans with fresh garlic and butter, a delicious side dish for your Christmas dinner. This quick and easy recipe can be made with either fresh or frozen green beans and it's a great side for any roast or roast alernative. It is vegetarian friendly, but it can be made vegan by swapping butter for vegetable oil. Healthy, nutritious and delicious, a fantastic side for every occasion.
Snow Globe Christmas Cookies
These cute Snow Globe Christmas Cookies are a fantastic no-bake dessert for the festive season. The cookies are made with a few ingredients like oreo cookies, white chocolate, mini Reese's chocolate peanut butter cups and edible sugar decorations for some fun-sized cookies that resemble a snow globe. Quick and easy to whip up, these little beauties are perfect for your Christmas cookie exchange.
Mini No-Bake Christmas Trifles
These mini No-Bake Christmas Trifles are made with cranberry jelly, custard, madeira cake, double /whipped cream and pomegranate seeds to create a delicious & refreshing Christmas dessert that is incredible light, but also so indulgent and full of festive flavours. It's really easy to whip up, and it's a guaranteed no-fuss crowd-pleaser for your Christmas party.
Easy Loaded Mashed Potato Casserole
Easy Loaded Mashed Potato Casserole made with bacon lardons, cheddar cheese and spring onions, a comforting and hearty side dish for your Christmas dinner. It can be made ahead and chilled, then baked before serving, so it's bubbling hot and delicious. Quick and easy to make, and a guaranteed success with everyone at the Christmas party.
Gammon in Coca Cola
Gammon in Coca Cola, a fantastic recipe full of festive flavours. The gammon joint is first cooked in coca cola, cloves and star anise, then nicely brushed with a mustard maple glaze and cooked in the oven to get a wonderfully christmassy ham that is incredibly delicious and easy to make. No fuss, simple ingredients and maximum flavours!