Christmas food
Collection by System Six Kitchens
Would you like inspired for you Christmas feast? Check out this board
Crisp winter slaw recipe
This is a fresher, brighter alternative to the classic Christmas coleslaw. Crunchy red cabbage, fennel, apple and toasted nuts are finished off with a sprinkling of blue cheese. Perfect with cold meats or even a couple of sausages.
Chestnut, leek and mushroom tartlets recipe
A vegetarian starter or light lunch for the winter. This makes either four individual tartlets with 10cm/4in loose-bottomed flan rings or one larger one using a 20-22cm/8-9in flan ring.
Roast pork belly with apple sauce recipe
This pork feast makes a wonderful alternative to a traditional Christmas, New Year or Easter roast dinner.
Fillet of venison and wild mushroom sauce recipe
Once past the marinade, this easy venison recipe is so quick. Let the flavoursome ingredients do your work for you.
Baked apples with Calvados sauce recipe
This easy baked apple recipe is pure autumnal pleasure - especially with a dribble of good calvados.
Dirty martini recipe
Butter-wouldn’t-melt Sophie Dahl adds olive brine to this classic combo of vodka and vermouth to dirty up her Martini.
Christmas pudding vodka recipe
Keep this delicious aperitif in the freezer for a refreshing - and surprising - Christmas drink.
Clementine syllabub and crêpes Suzette recipe
James Martin pairs a classic crêpes Suzette with sticky orange sauce and a creamy citrus syllabub.
Porcini nut patties recipe
Nut roast doesn't have to be dry, leaden or worthy. These little patties have juicy, rich mushrooms and tasty macadamia nuts. This meal, when served as 15 portions, provides 267kcal, 6g protein, 18g carbohydrates (of which 5g sugars), 18g fat (of which 1.5g saturates), 3.5g fibre and 0.4g salt per portion.
Sticky cranberry sausages recipe
Make a trayful of sticky, sweet-tart cocktail sausages to pass around as Christmas party food or as an alternative to pigs in blankets at the dinner table.
Buckwheat blinis with scrambled eggs and salmon recipe
Treat a loved one to breakfast in bed with these decadent gluten-free buckwheat pancakes topped with creamy scrambled egg and smoked salmon. Each serving provides 444kcal, 33g protein, 20g carbohydrate (of which 2g sugars), 26g fat (of which 10g saturates), 0.6g fibre and 3.2g salt.
Salmon gravadlax with champagne mustard recipe
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without gravadlax - this one comes with Champagne-laced homemade mustard. For this recipe you will need a pestle and mortar and a food processor.
Leftover turkey curry recipe
This mild and creamy turkey curry is quick and tasty and uses mainly store cupboard spices – and Christmas leftovers.
Baked camembert with garlic bread recipe
So quick, so easy and so delicious, this is the perfect recipe with which to spoil loved ones, whether at Christmas or on Valentine’s Day.
Bubble and squeak recipe
This bubble and squeak takes leftover roast or mashed potatoes and any uneaten greens for a simple veggie solution to Christmas leftovers. Fancy it up with candied shallots give it a lovely sweetness.
Broccoli and Stilton soup recipe
Our easy creamy broccoli and Stilton soup recipe with bubbling Stilton croûtons is the perfect antidote to the winter blues.