Nigel slater christmas recipes

Potato pancakes, partridge pie and fig ice-cream terrine: dishes to make and eat any time over the Christmas season

Here's Nigel Slater's Small Rich Christmas Fruitcake Recipe which is delicious yet small and perfect for a small family.

Lighter than the one my mother made. The fruit is not so much currants as golden sultanas, dried apricots and dark seedy figs. You will need a deep, 20cm-diameter round cake tin with a removable base, lined with lightly buttered baking parchment

Nigel Slater Christmas Cake is made with butter, muscovado sugar, hazelnuts, dried fruits like prunes, apricots, and figs, vine fruits, brandy, and citrus zest. This easy Christmas cake recipe creates a delicious Christmas dessert that takes about 3 hours to prepare and can serve up to 12 people.

A large pumpkin is a splendid sight on the Christmas table, but if that proves impossible then serve the glowing golden soup-stew in a big tureen or deep bowl, ladling it out into bowls. I find the easiest way to deal with the noodles is either to cut them into short lengths before adding them to the stew or to leave them long and lift them out with a pair of kitchen tongs

Winter is the time to dig deep for root vegetables. Perfect for parsnip and chicken soup, salsify and bacon or a kohlrabi citrus salad

There's no better way to appreciate a long Italian lunch than with this elegant Tuscan roast pork belly.

The slight tartness of the date syrup, not unlike pomegranate molasses, has much to offer the sweet, fudgy flesh of the roast pumpkin

Spiced rice and pumpkin, comforting beef rib and potato, raspberry mille-feuille: layered recipes, contrasting autumn flavours

Deep and crisp and even: a lovely Christmassy chicken, leek and prune pie, and a sweet potato and spinach tart