In this holiday season, a perfect time for winter feasting and baking Christmas treats. If you want savoury and simple, you don't need look further because Jeremy Lee's definitive soda bread, Justin Gellatly's monumental croquembouche, Crisp shortbread star, a Christmas pudding, Mont Blanctrats, luxurious meringue cake these are the top recipes for a posher party or a family tea.
Merry Christmas to everyone!
1. Yotam Ottolenghi’s orange and saffron shortbread stars:
These are gloriously festive, fragrant star biscuits so much perfect to have on hand for a cup of tea over this Christmas and a great present.
2. Napoleon cake from Alissa Timoshkina:
Napoleon cake can be said a winter wonderland of a cake, with its snowy surface, layers of crisp flaky pastry also with rich and buttery vanilla creme patissiere.
3. Violet Bakery’s Christmas pudding from Claire Ptak:
Spicy, rich, bright and most importantly delicious. Best to eat in your Christmas lunch.
4. Gingerbread house from Anja Dunk:
A snowy fairytale scene fun to decorate and it's also an easy recipe.
5. Cheesy Marmite straws from Alvin Caudwell:
It's so easy to make and quick to cook straight from the freezer and mostly perfect with a drink.
6. Justin Gellatly’s croquembouche:
Traditionally smashed by the host before serving , this impressive cake make a theatrical centrepiece for the Christmas table.
7. Nigel Slater’s prune brownies:
This is deep, rich flavours from prune and armagnac add seasonally appropriate indulgent notes to a chocolate browine recipe that will still please purists.
8. Dauphinoise pies from Ravneet Gill:
these pies are buttery puff pastry, oozy cheese and layered potatoes, elevates comfort foob to be a vegetarian main worthy of Christmas feast.
9. Pear, persimmon and ricotta crostata from Joe Trivelli:
Enveloped in a ricotta cream, seasonal fruit and baked in a hazelnut crust. this is a perfectly wintry pudding.
10. Mince pies from Blanche Vaughan:
Fruity and deeply spiced mincemeat and perfect crisp pastry helps these mince pies to transform into Christmas essentials.
