Christmas side dishes

Delicious sides dishes for the festive season!

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Cocktail Cups

Christmas Side

Christmas Side Dishes

Prawn cocktail baby gem cups

These pretty prawn cocktail cups are filled with juicy prawns bound in a rich mayonnaise made with a prawn infused oil - this makes an extra-flavourful sauce and also makes sure none of the prawn flavour is wasted! They’re topped with crunchy sesame panko flavoured with paprika and parsley. They work just as well as a starter to enjoy standing up with drinks as they do as part of a sit down menu.

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Curried roast parsnips with toasted cashews

Despite the fact that sweet and fragrant roasted parsnips always seem to disappear in a flash on the 25th, they’re sadly overlooked the other 364 days a year. We think this recipe could change that: enjoy this lightly spiced, moreish side again and again through the winter months, as well as on Christmas Day.

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Christmas And New Year

Pigs in blankets toad in the hole

This pigs in blankets toad in the hole is super easy to make, and makes a fun seasonal side. However it's also the perfect dish to serve in that funny period between Christmas and New Year when you still want something festive, but can’t bear another piece of turkey.

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Creamy Brussels Sprouts

Brussels Sprouts Gratin

Christmas Sides

Double Cream

Christmas Jokes

The Perfect Christmas

Brussels Sprouts

Brussels sprouts and guanciale gratin

Poor old Brussels sprouts – the undeserving butt of every Christmas joke. This creamy Brussels sprouts gratin shows sprouts the love they deserve in the form of lots of double cream, crispy guanciale, funky Parmesan and crunchy breadcrumbs. The perfect Christmas side.

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Roasted Potato Recipes

Vegetarian Desserts

Easy Curry

Thyme-roasted potatoes

These herby roast potatoes are parboiled and then roasted in a searing hot oven with fragrant thyme until fluffy and crisp. Don’t skimp on tossing the parboiled potatoes in the fat either: roughing up the outside gives them an extra moreish, crunchy shell.

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Vegetarian Side Dishes

Roasted carrots with ricotta, harissa oil, carrot top pesto and pumpkin seeds

These roasted carrots with ricotta and an orangey carrot top pesto are a delicious vegetarian side dish. The ricotta and pesto bring some much needed sharpness and acidity to the sweet roast carrots, while the toasted pumpkin seeds provide a nutty crunch. If you don’t have carrot tops you could use a mixture of soft herbs and greens, like dill or parsley and baby spinach.

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Stuffed Cabbage Leaves

Chestnut-stuffed wild rice cabbage rolls

This festive, vegan version of Eastern European cabbage rolls is filled with earthy chestnuts and chewy wild rice. They are perfect for Christmas Day as a vegan side, but are also a nourishing way to use up any leftover chestnuts you have lying around if you want a lighter supper.

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Cranberry Ketchup

Extravagant Christmas

Festive loaded hasselback potatoes

Try out our festive loaded hasselback potatoes recipe this year. The new potatoes are roasted with garlic and rosemary until crispy, then topped with crispy bacon and shallots, melted cheese – we recommend cheddar or brie – and a quick homemade cranberry ketchup and chestnut gremolata. Serve up as an extravagant Christmas side dish, or as part of a larger array of deliciousness at a Christmas buffet.

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Whole baked red onions with whipped goat’s cheese, pumpkin and buttery spice roasted seeds

These slow-roasted red onions are beautifully tender and sweet, complemented by a creamy, pumpkin-infused whipped goat's cheese. Topped with toasted nuts, it’s an elegant and hearty dish, perfect as a vegetarian starter for the festive season. Serve with sourdough toast for dipping.

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Jerusalem Artichokes with Raisins, Pine Nuts and Apricots Recipe

This effortless Jerusalem artichoke recipe sees the vegetable dressed in mixture of melted butter, dried apricots, raisins and pine nuts for a sweet and savoury flavour, while the grated nutmeg adds plenty of warming, wintry spice. A brilliant Christmas side dish if you're after something a little bit different.

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Truffled Jerusalem Artichoke Gratin Recipe

Give Jerusalem artichokes the attention they deserve with this beautiful gratin recipe. The tubers are sliced thin and gently cooked in a truffled cream sauce, before being layered and topped with oozy Reblochon cheese. A fantastic side dish for Christmas.

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Turnip, Bacon and Gruyère Gratin Recipe

This stunning turnip gratin recipe takes the humble vegetable and elevates it to luxurious heights. Baking it in a creamy cheese sauce with smoky bacon makes this a side dish that steals the limelight from anything else on the Christmas dinner table.

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Jerusalem Artichoke 'Jacket Potato' Recipe

This Jerusalem artichoke recipe sees the root veg treated take on the form of little jacket potatoes, with a crisp skin and fluffy, Parmesan-flavoured filling. Perfect as a canapé or a festive side dish with a difference, they're a fantastic combination of flavour and texture.

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Stuffed Artichoke Recipes

Artichoke Dishes

Hollandaise Sauce Recipe

Tapas Board

Hollandaise Recipe

Mushroom Stuffing

Recipe For Hollandaise Sauce

Artichokes with Mushroom Stuffing and Hollandaise Sauce Recipe

This stuffed artichoke recipe from Shaun Hill is made all the more luxurious thanks to the rich hollandaise sauce. Each artichoke is stuffed with a simple mixture of mushrooms and shallots, making this a fantastic vegetarian side dish for the Christmas dinner table.

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Caramelised Chicory with Orange and Blue Cheese Recipe

This caramelised chicory recipe sees the bitter leaves charred in a pan before being braised in star anise-infused orange juice and stock until tender. The walnuts and shallots on top add crunch, while the crumbled Stilton lends a salty, creamy finish.