Christmas recipes - 79 recipes
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Mince Pies
By Elvis elf
better than shop bought!
- 1 pack short crust pastry
- 1 jar mincemeat
- cook at 200C for approx. 20-30 minutes
Tomato and chilli jam
By victoriac
This tomato jam is like a grown up version of tomato ketchup, but so much better! Great for using up a tomato glut ...
- 2 red onions, finely chopped
- 400g/14oz ripe cherry tomatoes, halved
- 400g/14oz ripe plum tomatoes, quartered
- 3 large mild red chillies, deseeded, finely chopped
- 5cm/2in piece fresh root ginger, grated
- 1 star anise
- 250ml/9fl oz white wine vinegar
- 300g/10½oz soft light brown sugar
- 2 tsp fish sauce (substitute soy sauce for vegetarians)
Gingerbread sponge cakes
By lorenza
Preheat the oven to 180 ° C/ gas mark 4
- 100 ml of milk
- 1 star anise
- 2-3 tbsp honey
- 25g plain flour
- 150g rye flour (or wholemeal)
- 25g potato starch
- 1 packet of baking powder
- 15g of brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp allspice (or spice mix for gingerbread)
- 100g manderin marmelade (or bitter orange)
- 2 eggs
- 80g soft butter
- 1 teaspoon of salt
Peppermint Pinwheels
By h_fisher
Add a bit of colour and fun to your table this year with these Christmassy peppermint treats, perfect to make with ...
- 200g Butter, softened
- 280g Caster Sugar
- 1/4 Tsp Vanilla Essence
- 1/2 Tsp Peppermint Essence
- 1 Egg, beaten
- 400g Plain Flour
- Pinch of Salt
- 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
- Red Food Colouring Paste
Roast Pork with Orange
By Meunier Jérôme
Set up your workstation. Peel the carrots, onions and shallots
- Base:
- 1.8 kg roast pork
- 25g butter
- 2.5 cl Oil
- 60g flour
- Aromatic garnish:
- Carrot 100g
- Onion 100g
- 1 Bouquet garni
- 50g shallots
- Orange Sauce:
- 4 Oranges
- 5 cl orange juice
- Cinnamon 10g
- Orange liqueur 15 cl
- 1 l water
- Seasoning:
- salt
- Cayenne pepper
- Nutmeg
- Presentation:
- parsley
- orange
Festive raisin and rum cake
Put the raisins in a small saucepan with the rum
- - 150 g butter, softened (+ 15g for the tin)
- - 150 g of sugar
- - 200 g of flour
- - 2 tablespoons of cocoa
- - 150 g sultanas
- - 5 cl of rum
- - 1 teaspoon baking powder
- - 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- - 1/2 tsp of 4 spices
- - 1 pinch of salt
Christmas Eggnog Cupcakes
By rjeynes, The Foodie Couple
A cupcake treat perfect for those magical wintery nights leading up to Christmas
- Ingredients:
- For the sponge;
- 80g unsalted butter
- 1/2 tsp ground/finely grated nutmeg
- 1tsp vanilla paste
- 280g caster sugar
- 240g plain flour
- 240ml whole milk
- 2 eggs
- 1tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- For the frosting;
- 500g icing sugar
- 160g unsalted butter
- 40ml milk
- 3 tbsp spiced rum (I used the Sailor Jerry brand)
- 1-2 tsp grated nutmeg for decoration
- decorations (optional) I made cut outs of Christmas trees, holly, and Christmas Baubles out of ready to roll regal coloured icing
Joulutortut (Finnish Christmas star tartlets)
By Vincent
Remove the butter from the fridge
- 500g butter
- 500g flour
- 75 cl of water
- 1 egg yolk
- 10g of plum jam
Warm Spiced Popcorn
By Fork And Good, Fork and Good
You will need to pop your kernels! Ooh, I love this part
- 70g Popcorn kernels (readily available from supermarkets & health food shops)
- 70g golden syrup (corn Syrup)
- 35g runny honey
- 40g golden caster sugar
- teaspoon vanilla extract
- 70g salted butter
- 1 tablespoon mixed spice
- 100ml water.
- Pinch of nutmeg
Roast Pork in honey with fresh Figs
By Arnould
Brown the roast in a cast iron pan with a tablespoon of olive oil and set aside
- 1 pork roast
- onion
- olive oil
- 6 fresh figs
- 1 handful of sultanas
- honey
- 1 small glass of strong red wine
- 1 stock cube
- thyme
Christmas Pudding
By Greedyfrog, The Greedy Frog
In a bowl, soak the sultanas, currants, figs, mixed peel, cherries and apricots with the brandy overnight
- 175 g sultanas
- 175 g currants
- 70 g dried figs, chopped
- 50 g mixed peel
- 45 g glacé cherries, halved
- 50 g dried apricots, chopped
- 100 ml brandy
- 50 g stem ginger, chopped + 2 tbsp of their syrup
- 1 apple, grated
- Juice + zest 1 orange
- 3 large eggs, beaten
- 125 g shredded suet
- 125 g fresh, white breadcrumbs
- 175 g light muscovado sugar
- 90 g self-raising flour
- 1/2 tsp mixed spice
- Butter, for greasing
seasonal christmas cake
By lawriemc2013
this is another passed down recipe been in the family for years, great for making beautiful centerpieces at parties
- 650g/1lb 7 oz dried mixed fruit (or a combination of currants, raisins and sultanas)
- 75g/3oz glace cherries (chopped)
- 50g flaked almonds (omit and use extra dried dried fruit for a nut free cake)
- Grated zest of 1/2 an orange and 1/2 a lemon
- 215g/7.5oz plain flour
- 1/2 tsp mixed spice
- 175g/6oz butter (softened)
- 175g/6oz sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2-3 tbsp brandy (or cherry brandy)
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