Roast

• 1 Pavlova With Chestnut Mousse, Candied Orange and Chestnuts
  Dish type: Dessert Serves: 6-10 Preparation Time: 2 hours 30 mins Cooking Time: 35-45 mins   Ingredients: 4 large egg whites 175g caster sugar 75g icing sugar The orange zest and chestnuts...

• 2 Tinker with tradition: tempting turkey alternatives
  When many of us think of Christmas Day, roast turkey is one of the first things to spring to mind. But maybe you're not enamoured by the idea of another turkey dinner, or you fancy being...

• 3 Parma Ham and Olive Stuffing Meatballs
  Dish type: Stuffing Makes 8 stuffing balls Ingredients 340 g green pitted Fragata olives 6 tbsp sugar 200 ml water 30g butter, lard or dripping or 2 tbsp olive oil 6 shallots, finely chopped 4 cloves...

• 4 Roast Poussin with Blackberry Cumberland Sauce
  Dish type: Roast If you are not planning a large Christmas lunch, why not opt instead for a special dinner for two. Serve these quick to roast baby chickens with delicious blackberry sauce flavoured with...

• 5 Three Bird Yorkshire Roast with Creamed Mash, Cranberry Jus, Apricot Stuffing and Chipolatas
  Serves 4 Ingredients 1 turkey inner fillet (from the breast) or 400g piece of turkey breast 4 pigeon breasts 4 free range or corn fed chicken drums 1 small jar goose fat 1 small handful thyme 60g butter 4...

• 6 Pistachio, Sage and Cream Cheese Cockerel
  Dish type: Roast Serves 10 Preparation time: 25 minutes plus resting Cooking time: 2 hours 30 mins or as calculated Ingredients 1 x 150g packet garlic and herb Boursin cheese 1 clove garlic, crushed 25g...

• 7 Roast Loin of Lamb baked in Bread
  Dish type: Main course Preparation and cooking time: 1 hour, 30 minutes Serves: 8 Ingredients Bread Dough 1.5kg organic plain flour 750ml cold water A good pinch of organic sea salt Lamb 2 x 400g portions...

• 8 Roasted pumpkin wedges with, chilli, garlic, chives and lemon zest
  Dish Type: Side Dish Serves 8 Cooking and preparation time: 35 minutes Ingredients 1.2kg pumpkin, peeled 70g breadcrumbs 3 tbsp Very Lazy Chopped Chilli 1 tbsp Very Lazy Chopped Garlic 4 tbsp olive...

• 9 Robert Thompson's Leg of Lamb with Beetroot and Salsa Verde
  Dish type: Lamb Lamb is still in season, and Robert Thompson’s fantastic recipe is both easy to make and a delight on the eyes. Serves 6 Cooking time: 1 hr 30 minutes plus marinating time Ingredients: 1...

• 10 Vine-ripened tomato stuffed with couscous salad
  Serves 4-6 Preparation & Cooking time: 20-25 minutes Ingredients For the Filling: • 1 garlic clove • 300g couscous • 5 tbsps extra-virgin olive oil • A sprig of fresh thyme •...

• 11 Succulent Pulled Pork with Sticky Beetroot and Red Onion
  Dish type: Sandwich Serves 8-12 people Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 6 hours This succulent pork recipe, from Packington Free Range farm, is a versatile party dish.  The pork...

• 12 Ingredient of the week: turkey
  So you can have a rib of beef, a shoulder of pork, a leg of lamb or even some game; but would it really be Christmas without the turkey? Debates rage – the bird is too big! It’s much drier...

• 13 Homemade turkey gravy with sherry
  Ingredients For the stock giblets from a Totally Traditional Turkey 1 onion, cut into quarters 2 carrots, cut into chunks 1 stick of celery, cut into chunks 1 fresh bay leaf...

• 14 Roasted turkey with fig, apple and shallot stuffing with fresh sage from Totally Traditional Turkeys
  Ingredients 5kg free-range Totally Traditional Turkey 4 tbsp rapeseed oil Sea salt and black pepper 75g butter 2 tbsp rapeseed oil 8 shallots, peeled and finely chopped...

• 15 Becky’s pomegranate molasses braised shoulder of lamb
  Ingredients 100ml of pomegrante molasses 100ml of water 3 large onions finely sliced 4 cloves of garlic roughly chopped Method If possible leave the lamb to marinade for a few hours...

• 16 Sweet potato wedges with garam masala, yogurt and chillies
  Ingredients (serves 4 as a side dish) 4 sweet potatoes, cut into wedges Pinch of ground allspice 3 tbs yogurt 2 tbs mayonnaise Large pinch garam masala Pinch of curry powder ...

• 17 Potatoes are this season's must-have in star hangouts
  We all know that celebrities love to dine in trendy, stylish restaurants, but have you ever wondered what’s topping the menu? A recent review of restaurants that boast a star-studded clientele has...

• 18 Try pheasant for a simple change this Christmas
  If you fancy something different this Christmas, and like the idea of freeing yourself from spending hours slaving over a hot stove, try roasting a pheasant for a change. This delicious game bird is a...

• 19 Try pheasant for a simple change this Christmas
  If you fancy something different this Christmas, and like the idea of freeing yourself from spending hours slaving over a hot stove, try roasting a pheasant for a change. This delicious game bird is a...